WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1050 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
SUNDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR BY 9 AM.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON I-96 NEAR MUSKEGON.
* VISIBILITIES OF A HALF A MILE OR LESS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL TO BE
MUCH SLOWER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.
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