[IWX_warnings] WSWIWX

[Severe weather warnings from NWS IWX.]

WWUS43 KIWX 061542
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WX MESSAGE
NWS N IN
1042A WED DEC 6 2006

 SIGNIFICANT LK EFFECT SNOW PSBL LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY EVE 

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACRS THE AREA TODAY WITH ARCTIC AIR
FOLLOWING TONIGHT 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
N 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-MIZ077-078-070000-
/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
942A WED DEC 6 2006 /1042A WED DEC 6 2006/

 LK EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY EVE 

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

LK EFFECT SNOW IS EXP LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY 
GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL COULD BE HVY
WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES PSBL IN AREAS
WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS PERSIST. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXP TO BE NORTH OF A MI CITY TO WARSAW
LN  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENTON HARBOR  S BEND 
GOSHEN  ELKHART  AND CASSOPOLIS. 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. THE LK EFFECT
SNOW MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TRAVEL IN THE AREA AND
AFFECT SOME MAJOR HWYS SUCH AS THE IN TOLL ROAD 
INTERST 94  RT 6  RT 30  AND RT 31. THOSE
PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR PSBL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.

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