LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1043 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL IS
THEN EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING
IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF KNOX...
PLYMOUTH...INTO FAR NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...AND WEST OF
ALBION...LAGRANGE...AND STURGIS. MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS WILL FALL TO
THE EAST AND SOUTH.
* SNOWFALL RATES...RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN NEAR ZERO DEGREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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