LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1019 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH
THE NIGHT TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS AND HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND
ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM HOLLAND SOUTH...AND WEST OF U.S.-31
NORTH OF WHITEHALL.
* SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL MAY BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOWY
ROADS FROM LATE TONIGHT NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
* 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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