LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 429 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY.
* HAZARDS...LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS OF
NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF US-131
STARTING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXPECT PERIODS OF SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITHIN
THE SNOW SHOWERS AND VERY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. HIGHEST
INTENSITY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS LOCALIZED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
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JPB
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