URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

Post date: Nov 21, 2015 2:11:14 PM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

902 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015

...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TODAY...

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SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-

MACOMB-WASHTENAW-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER...

PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR

902 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS

EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND

PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.

* TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES

WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY AREAS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO

ACCUMULATE MORE EFFICIENTLY ON ROADWAYS AFTER 4 PM.

* THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES

WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...CAUSING INCREASINGLY SLICK ROADS.

IMPACTS...

* TRAVEL WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON

AND EVENING.

* THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATION

WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.

* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED.

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