URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
302 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

...MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...

NYZ057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-300315-
/O.CON.KBGM.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111030T0600Z/
DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-
LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...TOWANDA...
SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...
HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
302 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN CATSKILLS OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...MOST PLACES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL SEE 3 TO 7
  INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATER THIS EVENING. HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET...INCLUDING LOCALES SUCH AS BEAR
  CREEK...MOUNTAINTOP...RICKETTS GLEN...HAZLETON...ELMHURST...
  PLEASANT MOUNT...CLARYVILLE...AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
  DELAWARE COUNTY...WILL SEE 7 TO 14 INCHES. SOME OF THE LOWER
  ELEVATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 81...SUCH AS AROUND TOWANDA...MAY
  ONLY SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...BANDS OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
  THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EARLY
  EVENING. PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOW BANDS COULD BRING SNOWFALL RATES
  OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF...FROM WEST TO
  EAST...BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY BETWEEN 29 AND 33 DEGREES...WITH THE
  COLDER READINGS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH..WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH THIS
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
  DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES.
  THERE IS A CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES OVER THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN AREAS IN THE POCONOS...CATSKILLS...AND OTHER MOUNTAINS
  IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. THIS
  INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 IN LACKAWANNA AND SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES.
  INTERSTATES 81...84...380...80 AND THE TURNPIKE IN THE POCONOS
  LIKELY WILL SEE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DUE TO
  HEAVY SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY...AND GUSTY WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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.