>...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THURSDAY.

* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR.

* EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE CLOSE TO THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY.

* THE HEAVY SNOW...AS WELL AS THE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY VALUES TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE CLOSURE OF M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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