LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 451 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TODAY.
STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
TODAY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER
SNOW SQUALLS. THE WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND PUSH
MOST OF THE HEAVY LAKEV EFFECT SNOW BANDS OFFSHORE.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES TODAY
WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EAST OF MUNISING.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH
NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TODAY.
* THE HEAVY SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
SNOW...WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES 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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