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.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
255 PM EST WED FEB 6 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
255 PM EST WED FEB 6 2013

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS 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 MORE URBANIZED VALLEYS…INCLUDING THE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON METRO AREA.

* ACCUMULATIONS…POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING…WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL PERHAPS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FRIDAY…FALLING THROUGH THE 20S FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.

* 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.