LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 229 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS UPGRADED THE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY TO A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY.
A HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND HAS MOVED ONSHORE THIS
MORNING...PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
HOUGHTON COUNTY. SINCE 10AM THIS MORNING AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW
HAS FALLEN NEAR ATLANTIC MINE AND AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE CITY OF
HOUGHTON. EXPECT SNOW TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE REST OF
TODAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE PORTAGE CANAL. EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS
TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WITH
AN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT OF UP TO 3 INCHES...A
TOTAL OF 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT IN SOME
AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL NORTH OF TWIN LAKES AND SOUTH
OF CALUMET. BY MIDNIGHT...THE WIND WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND WILL
BREAK UP THIS HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWBAND INTO MORE NUMEROUS
SNOWBANDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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