WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1009 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...STRONG WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST ONTARIO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO QUEBEC THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE DEEP STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS LATE THROUGH THE REST OF
TONIGHT TO AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED
AGAIN ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA.
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NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
1008 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE REST OF
  TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO
  LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TO 2 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH
  THE REST OF TONIGHT RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY RETURN
  THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND DROP 12 INCHES OR MORE
  OF ADDITIONAL SNOW.
* NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY
  DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT.
* THE HEAVY SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW
  WHIPPED UP BY THE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL CAUSE
  VISIBILITY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT
  TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. MORE BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY
  MAY DEVELOP ON THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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 LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 458 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 445 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009

/332 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
THE MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH THE
HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN
DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALIZED BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AS NORTH WINDS
GUST TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. SEE THE LATEST WINTER STATEMENT FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.
HIGH WINDS AND WAVES WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND
MINOR INLAND FLOODING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL LAKESHORE
AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST LAKESHORE FLOOD STATEMENT
FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE WINTER STORM
AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE UP TO 2 FEET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND FOR
WESTERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY SNOW BELTS IN A FEW SPOTS...ESPECIALLY
IN THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
$$

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
Issue Date: 424 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST SAT DEC 12 2009

...STRONG WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
THROUGH NORTHERN LAKE HURON THIS EVENING. THE DEEP STORM SYSTEM
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR.
OTHERWISE...THE SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER
SOUTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS WINDS BECOME
WESTERLY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT HEAVY LAKE EFFECT
SNOW IS EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA.
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NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
424 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TO 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH
THIS EVENING RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10
TO 18 INCHES.  HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY RETURN THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND DROP 12 INCHES OR MORE OF
ADDITIONAL SNOW.
* NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH THIS EVENING.
* THE HEAVY SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW
WHIPPED UP BY THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY
TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES
THROUGH TONIGHT. MORE BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY MAY
DEVELOP ON THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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 LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$

LAKESHORE FLOOD STATEMENT
Issue Date: 549 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 200 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

/449 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009/
...HIGH WAVES...MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...
STRONG LOW PRESSURE PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TODAY WILL
BRING STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH TO WESTERN
LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL GENERATE WAVES AS
HIGH AS 20 FEET TODAY ALONG MUCH OF THE WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN
SHORELINE.
WAVES THIS HIGH WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND SOME MINOR SHORELINE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. OWNERS OF PROPERTY NEAR THE LAKE
SUPERIOR SHORELINE ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY
AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE DUE TO HIGH WAVES THROUGH THIS EVENING.
$$
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 445 PM EST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

..STRONG WINTER STORM WITH SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED THIS WEEK...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
TUESDAY IS FORECAST TO BECOME QUITE STRONG AS IT TRACKS TO LAKE
HURON BY LATE WEDNESDAY AND TO QUEBEC ON THURSDAY. THE PROJECTED
TRACK OF THE LOW WOULD BRING STRONG WINDS AND A WIDESPREAD
SNOW...POTENTIALLY HEAVY...TO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. AFTER THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW OFF OF LAKE SUPERIOR WOULD CONTINUE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK IN AREAS FAVORED BY NORTHWEST AND WEST
WINDS.
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KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...
HANCOCK...L`ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...
NEWBERRY...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...
ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...KENTON...SIDNAW...SENEY
445 PM EST SUN DEC 6 2009 /345 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009/
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE
IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL STILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND
FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN
WHERE NORTH WINDS ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BOOST SNOW TOTALS.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
JLB