LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 329 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING...GENERALLY LIGHT SNOWS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY. HEAVIER SNOW
WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. LIGHT
TO MODERATE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ON FRIDAY OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
EXPECTED. FRIDAY NIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 7 INCHES IS
EXPECTED....WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.
12 TO 18 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY
EVENING...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN.
* SNOWFALL RATES...RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS.
* WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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