Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
433 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014
...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF
THE LOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE UPPER PENINSULA. THE
EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE
NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST WILL SEE HEAVY...WET SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN
EXCESS A FOOT BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE COULD
ALSO BE ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING A QUARTER OF AN
INCH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN.
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KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...
HANCOCK...L`ANSE...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW
433 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014 /333 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ SATURDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY BEFORE ENDING LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES
FRIDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL
ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND HURON MOUNTAINS.
* NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
IMPACTS...
* THE SNOW WILL BE VERY WET AND HEAVY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
SHOVEL AND PLOW.
* THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS AND THE HEAVY
WET SNOW COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. TRAVEL THIS
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
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.
* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT