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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
916 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071>074-031030-
/O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0001.150103T1000Z-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
916 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
   SATURDAY MORNING. A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
   EXPECTED.

 * SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY
   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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

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

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE IMPROVING
   SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING.

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BECOME LIKELY SATURDAY 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>040-043>046-050-031030-
/O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0001.150103T1200Z-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
916 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY
TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT AND
   CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

 * SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
   SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
   ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

 * PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY
   NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
   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. 

&&

$$

NJJ
