LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 317 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER
ORGANIZED INTO A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW THIS EVENING
WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND
NORTHERN INDIANA OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY
MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER BERRIEN COUNTY... WITH LESSER
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH.
* SNOWFALL RATES...RATES OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AND NEAR THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS TONIGHT.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS.
* WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN NEAR ZERO DEGREES.
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. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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