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Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
415 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

NYZ009-036-037-044-045-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-044-047-180915-
/O.NEW.KBGM.WW.Y.0003.110118T0600Z-110119T1100Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-TIOGA-
BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...
CORTLAND...NORWICH...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...MONTROSE...
TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON
415 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM
TUESDAY TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS: CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE SOUTHERN TIER. NORTHERN TIER
  OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS.

* HAZARDS: SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH OF
  ICING POSSIBLE.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPREADS NORTH INTO NEW YORK TUESDAY
  MORNING. SNOW MIXES WITH AND CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CHANGE
  TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION BECOMES A MIX OF
  FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES: RISING FROM TEENS THIS EVENING TO LOW-MID 30S
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FALLING BELOW FREEZING AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...GRADUALLY BECOMING
  NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS: SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL. LIGHT
  ICE COATINGS ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD CAUSE SPOTTY POWER
  INTERRUPTIONS.

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.

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
320 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-122030-
/O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0002.110112T0000Z-110113T0000Z/
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
320 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS: NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARDS: SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 4 INCHES MOST AREAS. 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE
  POCONOS.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM AND TAPER OFF
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
  6 AM WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: EAST 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES: WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MID 20S FOR MOST OF
  THE STORM.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED FROM SNOW COVERED AND
  SLIPPERY ROADS. GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW 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.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
317 PM EST THU JAN 6 2011

NYZ017-018-025-036-044-045-055-056-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-072030-
SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-TOMPKINS-MADISON-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD
-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
317 PM EST THU JAN 6 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM EST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.