LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 414 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG
INTERSTATE 196 SOUTH OF ZEELAND AND WEST OF PAW PAW ON
INTERSTATE 94. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE
DAY ON MONDAY.
* SNOW RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE EXPECTED
AT TIMES UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS.
* AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH
TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL FALL WEST OF A HOLLAND TO PAW PAW LINE. ADDITIONAL
LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
IMPACTS...
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SINCE THURSDAY EVENING HAVE
RANGED FROM AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES EAST OF A HOLLAND TO PAW PAW
LINE...TO 8 TO 14 INCHES WEST OF THE HOLLAND TO PAW PAW LINE.
* TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND
SNOWY ROADS THROUGH TODAY AND POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH
THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 196 SOUTH OF
HOLLAND AND INTERSTATE 94 WEST OF PAW PAW.
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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NJJ
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