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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
218 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026
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HURON-SANILAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SANDUSKY AND BAD AXE
218 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY
* WHAT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN
3 AND 6 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...HURON AND SANILAC COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING
COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND DEVELOPS THIS EVENING
AND PERSISTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND
IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE INITIALLY ACROSS HURON COUNTY THIS EVENING
BEFORE EXTENDING SOUTH INTO WEST OR CENTRAL SANILAC COUNTY. HIGHLY
LOCALIZED SNOW RATES AND SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED UNDERNEATH THE
LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND, WITH THIS BAND GRADUALLY PUSHING EAST
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL
BE EXPECTED WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW, WITH A LOW END CHANCE TO EXCEED
6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IF AND BANDING REMAINS STATIONARY.
ADDITIONALLY, WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BRING REDUCTIONS TO
VISIBILITY TO A HALF-MILE OR LESS AND BLOWING SNOW UNDER ANY HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. YOU CAN OBTAIN THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE MDOT MICHIGAN DRIVE MAP.
DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW, THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN
ALSO VARY GREATLY. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER,
VISIBILITY, AND ROAD CONDITIONS.
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