Winter Storm Warning -- National Weather Service -- Wednesday, March 12, 2014

from WEATHER dot-com alert posted at Berrien County, Michigan: WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT (March 11, 2014) THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (March 12, 2014). HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION... 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. / / / / / / / / / / // / (updated Tuesday March 11): RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION... 6 TO 9 INCHES... WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS... HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR... AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY