LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
WEATHER HAZARDS...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL BE SOUTH OF HOLLAND AND WEST OF KALAMAZOO.
* GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE
LAKE SHORE FROM HOLLAND TO SOUTH HAVEN COULD SEE TOTAL SNOWFALL
OF UP TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL MAY BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOWY
ROADS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
* 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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