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PORT HURON804 AM EST MON JAN 4 2016...
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THISAFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A LAKEEFFECT SNOW WARNING...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THISAFTERNOON. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * REPORTS OF ACCUMULATION UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM AREAS BETWEEN PORT SANILAC AND LAKEPORT. BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO trudge INLAND THROUGH THE MORNING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE MAINLY EAST OF M-19 DOWN THROUGH PORT HURON WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATION UP TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * LOCALLY INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH INLAND FROM LAKE HURON. IMPACTS... * RAPID REDUCTIONS TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR AT TIMES. * RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL FURTHER IMPEDE TRAVEL AS AREA ROADWAYS BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS meaningful AMOUNTS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. whether YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * PREPARE...plot...
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Source: wnem.com