{"id":420588,"date":"2026-01-21T10:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420588\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:18:15","slug":"winter-storm-warnings-issued-for-3-counties-ahead-of-heavy-incoming-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420588\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm Warnings issued for 3 counties ahead of heavy incoming snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K5DWIGO3X5AXZB7DGPFDEKNLOM\">GRAND RAPIDS, MI &#8211; Wednesday\u2019s incoming snow is not going to hit the same for all areas of the Lower Peninsula. Some counties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/next-snow-system-for-michigan-blankets-all-of-southern-michigan-its-a-two-part-snow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/next-snow-system-for-michigan-blankets-all-of-southern-michigan-its-a-two-part-snow.html\">are expected to get walloped<\/a>, with up to a foot of snow accumulating by Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JGK5K5TAL5EVHAYOUO4WHFBNGQ\">This heavy snow is expected to make travel dangerous in some areas during the Wednesday morning commute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"53SKXZZRYJDDJMI5Q3EVVE2SGE\">So far, the National Weather Service has placed Oceana, Muskegon and Ottawa counties under a Winter Storm Warning that goes into effect at midnight tonight and lasts through 10 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5G7WDV24QVC57KKOCKP66X6PRY\">Heavy snow is expected. Most areas in that three-county range will see between 3-8 inches of snow. But some areas will see anywhere from 9 to 12 inches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZOJQXKMBFFHKLAUDT62DYWKTFU\">\u201cVisibility and road conditions may change rapidly over short distances in lake effect snow,\u201d the NWS team in Grand Rapids said. \u201cTravel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions will impact the Wednesday morning commute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EB2TZIVJDRAZFEEB2X2CM2KNHU\">\u201cIf you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. Be prepared for rapid changes in weather, visibility, and road conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Winter storm car supplies\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SCBGNDMQKFFZREA7IMPI6GEOWM.jpeg\"  \/>Hopefully you won&#8217;t have to drive during a winter storm, but here are things to consider if you do.NWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NAAYUVFNYRDN3PROZY535Y4V24\">The map below shows the current NWS Winter Storm Warning areas in pink. The Winter Weather Advisory areas are shown in purple. This covers much of the Lower Peninsula and part of the U.P. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KPD242UATVEQNL3XX7M5CJ7MG4\">An Extreme Cold advisory area is shown in bright blue, but that advisory does not begin until Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/polar-vortex-coming-south-to-lake-superior-michigan-will-plunge-well-below-zero.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/weather\/2026\/01\/polar-vortex-coming-south-to-lake-superior-michigan-will-plunge-well-below-zero.html\">before the incoming Arctic cold air. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Warnings, Watches and Advisories\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YWA6J5H2WRGH7AN3VFTNYHTBDQ.png\"  \/>Winter Storm Warning areas are shown in pink, while the Winter Weather Advisory areas are shown in purple.Graphic provided by the National Weather Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRAND RAPIDS, MI &#8211; Wednesday\u2019s incoming snow is not going to hit the same for all areas of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-420588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}