SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
539 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

NYZ057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-300001-
DELAWARE-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-NORTHERN WAYNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-
539 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

...HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF AFTER 8 PM...

A FAIRLY LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED TO AFFECT
MOST OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS REGION...
AS OF ABOUT 6 PM. HEAVIER SNOW WILL PERSIST...OVER MANY OF THESE SAME
AREAS...EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
METRO...HAZLETON...TUNKHANNOCK...CARBONDALE...HONESDALE...MONTICELLO
...DELHI...AND WALTON.

SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. OCCASIONAL THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING COULD ALSO OCCUR.

STEADY SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF...FROM WEST TO
EAST...BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM.

ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES...SUCH AS SECTIONS OF INTERSTATES 80...81...
84...380...AND 476 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...ALONG
WITH LESS TRAVELED SECONDARY ROADS AND SIDE STREETS.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...ALLOWING
EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.