LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 440 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY.
* HAZARDS...LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS OF
NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH SATURDAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG
AND WEST OF US-131.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES WITH LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT ARE
EXPECTED...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS AND VERY HAZARDOUS ROAD
CONDITIONS. HIGHEST INTENSITY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHEN SNOW ACCUMULATION RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS LOCALIZED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
WILL OCCUR THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
$$
ADAM
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