WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 833 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY.
* AS OF 830 PM STEADIER SNOWFALL WAS MOVING INTO THE
ALLEGAN...HOLLAND AND GRAND RAPIDS REGIONS. THIS SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. A
TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
* AFTER MIDNIGHT THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY
CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ALSO ARE POSSIBLE.
* ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
* EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.
IMPACTS...
* ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS
SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR
NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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