[IWX_warnings] WSWIWX

[Severe weather warnings from NWS IWX.]

WWUS43 KIWX 060400
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WX MESSAGE
NWS N IN
1100P TUE DEC 5 2006

 SIGNIFICANT LK EFFECT SNOW PSBL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY EVE 

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACRS THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH ARCTIC AIR
FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY
COLD AIR MVNG ACRS THE RELATIVELY WARMER WATERS OF LK MI
WILL CAUSE LK EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER SW LWR MI
AND NORTH C IN WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME HVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXP ON THURSDAY WITH
SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT.

INZ003>005-014-016-MIZ077-078-061200-
/O.CON.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
1000P TUE DEC 5 2006 /1100P TUE DEC 5 2006/

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

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

LK EFFECT SNOW IS EXP LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY 
GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL COULD BE HVY
OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
6 TO 10 INCHES PSBL. IN ADDITION TO THE LK EFFECT SNOW 
STRNG WEST TO NW WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

A LK EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A PTNTL FOR A LRG
AMOUNT OF LK EFFECT SNOW. VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN
VARY GREATLY DURING LK EFFECT SNOW EVENTS AND HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT ON TRAVEL. SOME MAIN HWYS THAT MAY 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 LATEST
FORECASTS FOR PSBL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.

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