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Friday, February 15, 2013

Snow Warning (Lake Effect for Berrien County, MI): Feb. 15 forward

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY EVENING (February 15, 2013) AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT (February 16, 2013). THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING (February 17, 2013). ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
IMPACTS...
* SNOW SHOWERS... WITH BRIEF INTENSE SQUALLS... WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS.
* VISIBILITY WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE.
* WEEKEND TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ON AFFECTED PARTS OF INTERSTATES 94 AND 80.

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.

9 a.m. Eastern Time Zone - Friday February 15, 2013

1 comment:

Timothy Shaw said...

Posted 10 a.m. Saturday Feb. 16, 2013

Weather Channel Web update site:

Variable clouds with snow showers. High 21F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 70%. About one inch of snow expected.

Overnight also only 1 (one) inch measurable snow