URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
255 PM EST WED FEB 6 2013
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BRADFORD-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TOWANDA…SAYRE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
255 PM EST WED FEB 6 2013
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS…MOST OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
* HAZARDS…POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COULD MIX WITH RAIN FOR A TIME ON FRIDAY…MAINLY IN THE MORE URBANIZED VALLEYS…INCLUDING THE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON METRO AREA.
* ACCUMULATIONS…POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 8 INCHES.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING…WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL PERHAPS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FRIDAY…FALLING THROUGH THE 20S FRIDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY…BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME…THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS…SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA.