URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
357 AM EST THU FEB 7 2013
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BRADFORD-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TOWANDA…SAYRE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
357 AM EST THU FEB 7 2013
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…
* LOCATIONS…MOST OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
* HAZARDS…POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COULD MIX WITH RAIN FOR A TIME ON FRIDAY…MAINLY IN THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS…INCLUDING THE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON METRO AREA.
* ACCUMULATIONS…POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING…WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL PERHAPS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FRIDAY…FALLING INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S FRIDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS…SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH FRIDAY BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY…BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME…THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS…SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA.