WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 414 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND CONTINUE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH CHRISTMAS
MORNING AND CHANGE THE WINTRY MIX TO RAIN.
* THE CHANGE TO RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
96 BY MID CHRISTMAS MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF M-20 COULD SEE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO RAIN TOWARD NOON. MEANWHILE...AREAS
NORTH OF M-20 COULD SEE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 30 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL AFTER NIGHTFALL ON CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS
DAY COULD BECOME IMPACTED. SECONDARY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS COULD
BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* ICE COATED TREES AND WINDS TO 30 MPH COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE
LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME... THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING
AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS
IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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JK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1032 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1035 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
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HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-MASON-LAKE-
OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-
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VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1035 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 INTO MID
AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS WOULD NOT BE MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH.
HOWEVER ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ICY ROADS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
AS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE A FEW INCHES NEXT WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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