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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THE
SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SUNDAY AS THE LOW
DEPARTS AND ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN BEHIND IT. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME FRAME IS EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 7
INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES IN
MICHIGAN... AND LAPORTE AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN INDIANA.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN
STRONG SUNDAY... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.


IMPACTS...

* SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS.

* REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.

* POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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