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.