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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1032 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2015

MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071>074-032345-
/O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0000Z/
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...
GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...
JACKSON
1032 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MID TO LATE
   MORNING. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
   EXPECTED.

 * FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN OR
   DRIZZLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

 * RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS WILL BE SLICK...BEFORE GRADUALLY IMPROVING THIS
   AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING.

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BECOME POSSIBLE.

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. 

&&

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MIZ037>040-043>046-050-032345-
/O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1500Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON
1032 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
SUNDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
   LATER TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY WILL TAPER OFF THIS
   EVENING. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. UP TO A
   QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR.

 * PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE
   TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR TODAY AND INTO SUNDAY
   MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

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. 

&&

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