URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
623 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012
…ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY…
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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
623 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY.
* LOCATIONS…ALL OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK.
* HAZARDS…LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW…WITH BRIEF BURSTS OF HEAVIER SNOW POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS…STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING…WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE POCONO PLATEAU…AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS.
* TIMING…STEADY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY SATURDAY…REACHING THE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON METRO AREA…HAZLETON…AND MONTROSE…BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM. SNOW SHOULD
REACH THE POCONOS AND SULLIVAN COUNTY BY AROUND 9 AM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ROUGHLY 10 AM AND 4 PM…WITH SNOW DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES…GENERALLY IN THE 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE.
* WINDS…LIGHT…MOSTLY OUT OF THE EAST AT 10 MPH OR LESS.
* IMPACTS…UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. MORE ELEVATED STRETCHES OF INTERSTATES 80…81…84…380…AND 476 ARE LIKELY TO HAVE DIFFICULT DRIVING 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.