Driving Conditions 12-09-09

Posted by Tim Abramowski on

Accord to the website of the Michigan State Police - 5th District Regional Dispatch Center in Paw Paw...expect Icy, Snow Covered roads and Blowing Snow conditions. Use Caution. Driving too fast for conditions is the #1 cause of traffic crashes during inclement winter weather.

WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 PM EST THURSDAY.

BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN

 * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON.

 * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
   SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR
   NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
   ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S.
   HIGHWAY 131.

 * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
   DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

 * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
   WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

 * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
   FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE
   FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
   BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE
   VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO
   PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.

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