URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
322 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
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SULLIVAN-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MONTICELLO…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
322 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS…THE WYOMING VALLEY, LACKAWANNA VALLEY AND POCONOS.
* HAZARDS…MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH SOME SLEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS…3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES…LOWER 20S.
* WINDS…EASTERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
* IMPACTS…DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.