WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1019 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND CONTINUE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH
CHRISTMAS MORNING AND CHANGE THE WINTRY MIX TO RAIN.
* AREAS NORTH OF M-20 COULD SEE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY.
* AREAS SOUTH OF M-20 MAY SEE FREEZING RAIN TURN TO RAIN BY MID
TO LATE CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 30 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL AFTER NIGHTFALL ON CHRISTMAS EVE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BECOME IMPACTED. ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS COULD BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* ICE COATED TREES AND WINDS TO 30 MPH COULD LEAD TO DOWNED
TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME... THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING
AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS
IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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