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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
347 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-074-050500-
/O.NEW.KGRR.WC.Y.0001.150105T0900Z-150105T1700Z/
OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON-
EATON-INGHAM-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS...
MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...
CHARLOTTE...LANSING...JACKSON
347 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TONIGHT AND
   ONLY CLIMB TO AROUND 10 ABOVE MONDAY MORNING. 

 * WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL REMAIN 15 TO 20 MPH. 

 * WIND CHILLS READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 

IMPACTS...

 *  FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 45 MINUTES OR LESS ON EXPOSED SKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL 
   COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD 
   CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 
   IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL 
   HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON 
   SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN 
   IS COVERED. 

 * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT 
   WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. 

&&

$$

MIZ043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071>073-050500-
/O.NEW.KGRR.WS.A.0001.150106T0200Z-150106T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1700Z/
OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-
KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...
BATTLE CREEK
347 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON MONDAY WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.
   THE STRONG WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
   SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS.

 * WIND CHILL READINGS PLUNGING TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE
   TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. 

 * HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP MONDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL
   ACCUMULATIONS FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
   AFTERNOON MAY EXCEED SIX INCHES.

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED AS SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE AND
   TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW AND 
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

 * FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 45 MINUTES OR LESS ON EXPOSED SKIN.

 * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AND TRAVEL IMPACTS APPEAR LIKELY INTO
   MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

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. 

&&

$$

MIZ037-038-050500-
/O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1700Z/
MASON-LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN
347 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
MONDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON MONDAY WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.
   THE STRONG WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
   SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS.

 * WIND CHILL READINGS PLUNGING TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE
   TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. 

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW COVERED AS SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE
   AND TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW AND 
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

 * FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN 45 MINUTES OR LESS ON EXPOSED SKIN.

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. 

&&

$$

JK MJS
