WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1120 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* AT 1130 PM SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE IMPACTING
AREAS FROM BIG RAPIDS...TO IONIA...TO JACKSON. VISIBILITIES
WERE FREQUENTLY BELOW A MILE IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS. THE SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT. THE REGION ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 WILL
LIKELY SEE THE MOST FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS. THIS WILL IMPACT
INTERSTATES 96...69...127 AND 94. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 40
MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS
THAN A HALF AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING
SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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JK
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