LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 350 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM
EST 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 THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.
* EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY
MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO 14
INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS
AND ALSO IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH AND WEST OF BARAGA. THE
LIGHTEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY M-28.
* 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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