WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 451 AM 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.
* HAZARDS: HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL OVER EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. COLD AIR AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
SWEEP INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE
COMMON THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...AND AGAIN TONIGHT...LEADING
TO PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 11 INCHES WILL
ACCUMULATE THROUGH TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES
EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS.
* IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITHIN
THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND
HAZARDOUS. BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE OCCURRING DURING HIGHER TRAFFIC
TIMES OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR ALONG THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE...AND SHORELINE OF MACKINAC
COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THEN ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION.
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