URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
931 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012
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SULLIVAN-NORTHERN WAYNE-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MONTICELLO…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
931 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY…
* LOCATIONS…SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE AREA…POCONOS AND SOUTHERN CATSKILLS.
* HAZARDS…HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE…MAINLY OVER THE POCONOS AND SOUTHERN CATSKILLS.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO LIGHTER SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THURSDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION COULD END AS SNOW THURSDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM…ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
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.