LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1012 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ SATURDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ SATURDAY.
* EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL FALL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
FROM IRONWOOD AND WAKEFIELD TO ROCKLAND AND MASS CITY. THE
HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL TEND TO OCCUR BETWEEN IRONWOOD AND
WHITE PINE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...EXPECT AS MUCH AS 18 TO 30
INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM IRONWOOD TO THE
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS...WHITE PINE AND MASS CITY. PLAN ON LESSER
AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WELL INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR AT
WATERSMEET...TROUT CREEK AND PAULDING.
* VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND
HAZARDOUS.
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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