Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
450 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
MIZ038-039-044-050-241800-
/O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.160224T1800Z-160225T2100Z/
LAKE-OSCEOLA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...FREMONT...
MUSKEGON
450 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.
* SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
* NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 35 MPH TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND UP
TO 45 MPH ON THURSDAY.
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
IMPACTS...
* MAJOR TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE SCHOOL
COMMUTE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING WORK COMMUTE.
* REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE LONG TERM
OUTAGES AS THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR OVER
36 HOURS.
* SCHOOL CLOSURES LIKELY ON THURSDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO FRIDAY.
* DIFFICULT SHOVELING OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS
TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT
SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW.
* WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT
WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG.
