URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1024 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
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BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TOWANDA…SAYRE…MONTROSE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
1024 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY…
* LOCATIONS…NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
* HAZARDS…SNOW AND SOME ICE.
* ACCUMULATIONS…3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW…AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. SNOW AMOUNTS GREATEST AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET…FREEZING RAIN…AND RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES…UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S.
* WINDS…EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS…DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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.