Winter Storm Warning -- Wind Chill Warning -- Saturday 7 p.m. continuing to Monday, January 6, 2014

from National Weather service (more details at WWW. Weather. COM ): HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER BERRIEN COUNTY. BY SUNDAY EVENING... STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE LAKE AS SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT OCCURS. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED... SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE... ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.