Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
425 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

...WINTER STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL LIFT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SPREADING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. SNOW WILL BECOME INTENSE
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...AS SNOWFALL RATES REACH 1 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR. VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH COMBINING WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FREELAND TO BAD AXE. SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BECOME LIKELY WITH THESE
WINDS...HELPING TO CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. FURTHER
NORTH...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY LESS OVER MIDLAND AND
BAY COUNTIES...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CREATING LESS WIDESPREAD
ISSUES WITH BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES. SNOWFALL AND
WIND GUSTS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
SNOW TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 8 AND 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-69 CORRIDOR. THOSE RESIDING IN OR
PLANNING TRAVEL TO THIS REGION ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE ATTEMPTING NECESSARY
TRAVEL TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PREPARE A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT TO TAKE WITH YOU.


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SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-
WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER...PORT HURON...
HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT
425 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* HEAVY SNOW...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER OF MILE
OR LESS DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

* QUICKLY ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE
ROADS VERY HARD TO CLEAR.

* UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY...SNOWPACKED...AND DANGEROUS.

* HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

* WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND -5 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND
BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND
WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
COINCIDE BETWEEN 10 PM TONIGHT AND 10 AM WEDNESDAY.

* HEAVY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.

* WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND -5 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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