URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
415 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011
NYZ009-036-037-044-045-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-044-047-180915-
/O.NEW.KBGM.WW.Y.0003.110118T0600Z-110119T1100Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-TIOGA-
BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...
CORTLAND...NORWICH...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...MONTROSE...
TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON
415 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM
TUESDAY TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
* LOCATIONS: CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE SOUTHERN TIER. NORTHERN TIER
OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS.
* HAZARDS: SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH OF
ICING POSSIBLE.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPREADS NORTH INTO NEW YORK TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW MIXES WITH AND CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS CHANGE
TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION BECOMES A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES: RISING FROM TEENS THIS EVENING TO LOW-MID 30S
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FALLING BELOW FREEZING AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...GRADUALLY BECOMING
NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL. LIGHT
ICE COATINGS ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD CAUSE SPOTTY POWER
INTERRUPTIONS.
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.