LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 250 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
SATURDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN NORTH OF WAKEFIELD TO MASS CITY.
* FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO 25
INCHES IS LIKELY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN FROM IRONWOOD TO WHITE PINE
TO ROCKLAND AND MASS CITY. AREAS FARTHER INLAND FROM WATERSMEET
TO TROUT CREEK AND BRUCE CROSSING WILL LIKELY PICK UP 4 TO 12
INCHES.
* VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER TO ONE
HALF MILE AT TIMES UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. ROADS WILL
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
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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