URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1000 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

…ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…

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SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MONTICELLO…TOWANDA…SAYRE…MONTROSE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
1000 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING…

* LOCATIONS…ALL OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS…STEADY SNOW…WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS…3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM LATE THIS MORNING TO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* WINDS…NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH.

* IMPACTS…UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. INTERSTATES 80…81… 84… 380…AND 476 ARE LIKELY TO HAVE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
623 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

…ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY…

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623 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS…ALL OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK.

* HAZARDS…LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW…WITH BRIEF BURSTS OF HEAVIER SNOW POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS…STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING…WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE POCONO PLATEAU…AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS.

* TIMING…STEADY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY SATURDAY…REACHING THE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON METRO AREA…HAZLETON…AND MONTROSE…BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM. SNOW SHOULD
REACH THE POCONOS AND SULLIVAN COUNTY BY AROUND 9 AM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ROUGHLY 10 AM AND 4 PM…WITH SNOW DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES…GENERALLY IN THE 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE.

* WINDS…LIGHT…MOSTLY OUT OF THE EAST AT 10 MPH OR LESS.

* IMPACTS…UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.  MORE ELEVATED STRETCHES OF INTERSTATES 80…81…84…380…AND 476 ARE LIKELY TO HAVE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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.