LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1221 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
WEATHER HAZARDS...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE SOUTH OF HOLLAND AND WEST OF KALAMAZOO.
* GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM
HOLLAND TO SOUTH HAVEN COULD SEE LOCALLY 15 INCHES OF SNOW BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL MAY BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOWY
ROADS FROM LATE TONIGHT NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH
THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 196 SOUTH OF
HOLLAND AND INTERSTATE 94 WEST OF KALAMAZOO.
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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