BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 328 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...
 * BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WEAKEN DURING
   THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. HOWEVER...THEY WILL INTENSIFYING AGAIN
   AFTER 700 PM. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE
   EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN THE STRONGER BANDS. ADDITIONAL
   ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED
   TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
 * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH. THESE
   WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
   VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES
   ESPECIALLY TONIGHT.
 * SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
 * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
   ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
IMPACTS...
 * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...
   AND COLD WIND CHILLS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES INTO
   TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
 * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL SEE THE LOWEST
   VISIBILITIES AND GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT.
 * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
   WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1147 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1145 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-111200-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1145 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN SECTIONS BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE 96 INTO TONIGHT. THE
COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON COMING OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...THAT
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT. WITH WINDS GUSTING
FREQUENTLY TO 35 MPH...VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY BELOW A
QUARTER MILE AND OCCASIONALLY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN
BELOW ZERO THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL
PERSIST TONIGHT SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
AREAS NORTH OF MUSKEGON AND EAST OF US-131 WILL HAVE LESS IN THE
WAY OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  STRONG WINDS
WILL PERSIST AND THAT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING
BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY THEN AGAIN
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING DOWN ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR
MASS SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY AGAIN BE A PROBLEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRR/SPOTTER
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