[IWX_warnings] WSWIWX

[Severe weather warnings from NWS IWX.]

WWUS43 KIWX 052101
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WX MESSAGE
NWS N IN
401P TUE DEC 5 2006

 SIGNIFICANT LK EFFECT SNOW PSBL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY EVE 

.A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER N MANITOBA
WILL MOVE SE INTO THE W GREAT LKS ON THURSDAY. THE
COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR ALOFT AND A FAVORABLE LONG WIND
FETCH OFF THE WARMER WATERS OF LKS SUPERIOR AND MI WILL
SET THE STAGE FOR HVY LK EFFECT SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXP ON THURSDAY WITH SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THURSDAY
NIGHT.

INZ003>005-014-016-MIZ077-078-060515-
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.A.0001.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MI CITY LA PORTE S BEND 
MISHAWAKA ELKHART GOSHEN PLYMOUTH BREMEN WARSAW 
WINONA LK NILES BENTON HARBOR ST. JOSEPH BUCHANAN 
DOWAGIAC CASSOPOLIS
301P TUE DEC 5 2006 /401P TUE DEC 5 2006/

 LK EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY EVE 

THE NWS IN N IN HAS ISSUED A
LK EFFECT SNOW WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVE. 

LK EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST TO DVLP WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND IT IS EXP TO CNTINU INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACRS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT
LK EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES PSBL ACRS THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW WEST TO NW WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NR 35
MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

A LK EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A PTNTL FOR A LRG
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF SNOW
CAN VARY GREATLY IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. SOME MAIN
HWYS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERST 94 U. S.
6 U. S. 30 AND U. S. 31. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATER FORECASTS FOR PSBL
ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.

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