Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1214 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

MIZ056>059-064>067-071>074-100115-
/O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100210T1800Z/
OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-
KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...
ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...
SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
1214 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY.

 * THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 94
   CORRIDOR WHERE 7 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE
   INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR WILL SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW...
   WHICH INCLUDES GRAND RAPIDS AND LANSING.

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
   LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
   AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND
   RESULT IN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. THE EVENING
   COMMUTE HOME WILL BE IMPACTED.

 * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN
   OPEN COUNTRY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
   WILL BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT
   AND WEDNESDAY. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT AND
   WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER
   WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
   AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
   IF YOU TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
   IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
606 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-101115-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
606 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH
TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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