LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 331 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
* SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO
EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE
GOGEBIC RANGE...FROM ODANAH AND MELLEN TO HURLEY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH MORE THAN ONE
FOOT FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY ACROSS THE
GOGEBIC RANGE. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND AROUND THE HURLEY AREA.
* VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE
AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS COMMON FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND SNOWFALL RATES TO VARY GREATLY OVER VERY SHORT
DISTANCES. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE ONE TO SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW PER HOUR FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS...AND STRONG WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY MAY OCCUR IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT MAY
TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.
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