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...
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY.
INTENSITY WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
* SNOW RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS.
* AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH
TODAY...MAINLY WEST OF U.S.-31 FROM MONTAGUE TO THE NORTH.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY NEAR LITTLE AND BIG SABLE
POINTS. ADDITIONAL LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY.
IMPACTS...
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SINCE THURSDAY EVENING HAVE
RANGED FROM AROUND 3 TO 7 INCHES EAST OF U.S.-31...TO 8 TO 14
INCHES WEST OF U.S.-31.
* TRAVEL MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND
SNOWY ROADS THROUGH TODAY.
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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