Winter Weather ADVISORY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
428 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011

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WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
428 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS...SOUTHERN ERIE...AND
  WYOMING COUNTIES.

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* HAZARDS...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON...2 TO 3 INCHES
  TONIGHT...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS
  OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS AROUND 20
  TONIGHT. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL AND RAPIDLY FALLING
  TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL LEAD ROADS BECOMING RATHER SLIPPERY
  AND SNOW COVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW,
SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.

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JJR