LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1039 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER LAKE ERIE TONIGHT. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DRIVE THE SNOW BANDS INLAND ACROSS THE AREA
BEGINNING AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES AND COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VARIABLE AND DEPEND GREATLY ON THE WIND
DIRECTION BUT COULD APPROACH TWO FEET...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA UNDER
ANY PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS.
IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
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HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1034 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH
WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE
EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES.
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