LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 424 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
HAZARDS...
* SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG AND
SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO KALAMAZOO...AND NORTHEAST
OF LITTLE AND BIG SABLE POINTS.
* SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH WINDS
GUSTING TO 30 MPH.
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THE
BANDS WILL MIGRATE CLOSER TO THE LAKESHORE. AREAS SOUTH OF
GRAND HAVEN ALONG THE LAKESHORE...AND WEST OF U.S.-31 NORTH OF
MUSKEGON WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW RATES OF OVER
TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SATURDAY. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM HOLLAND TO
SOUTH HAVEN COULD SEE LOCALLY 20 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL MAY BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOWY
ROADS FROM LATE TONIGHT NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH
THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 196 SOUTH OF
HOLLAND AND INTERSTATE 94 WEST OF KALAMAZOO.
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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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