WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 655 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MESSY WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN FOR THE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY WILL MOVE
INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND. WARM AIR FLOWING OUT
AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WET SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...
AND RAIN TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATER THURSDAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE
FORM OF SNOW OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
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IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER
655 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY MORNING AND COULD FALL HEAVY AT
  TIMES THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN MAY MIX
  WITH THE SNOW LATER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN EXCESS OF 6
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN
  INCH MAY ALSO OCCUR.
* THE SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AND WET. THE COMBINATION OF THE
  SNOW AND ANY ICE COULD LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS LATER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF YOU ARE
TRAVELING FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY...OR HAVING PEOPLE TRAVEL TO
YOUR LOCATION...BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 350 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

/338 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF MISSOURI ON
THURSDAY...AND TRACK INTO CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY. THIS PROJECTED TRACK IS EXPECTED TO BRING WET HEAVY
SNOW TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.
AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER
SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM...PLEASE
REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.
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