URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
303 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014

…LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK UP THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY AND TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT. A MUCH MILDER SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE ANY RAIN THAT FALLS INITIALLY FREEZE…EVEN IF TEMPERATURES ARE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S.

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BRADFORD-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TOWANDA…SAYRE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON
303 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014

…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING…
…WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS…BRADFORD COUNTY AND THE SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE AREA IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARDS…AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON…DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…A THIN COATING OF ICE…ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES SUCH AS PARKING LOTS…SIDEWALKS…AND BRIDGES.

* WIND CHILLS….AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.

* TIMING…RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN BY EVENING.  DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S…RISING TO THE MID 30S BY EVENING.

* WINDS…SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* IMPACTS…VERY COLD ROAD SURFACES WILL ALLOW FOR ANY RAIN THAT FALLS INITIALLY TO FREEZE EVEN IF TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING. TRAVEL COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL POSE A RISK FOR FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE OUTSIDE FOR EVEN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE WIND CHILL COULD BECOME COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR LESS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS IN THE WATCH AREA…LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.