Winter weather UPDATE

 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
343 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011


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WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE-ALLEGANY
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
343 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

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

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* HAZARDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON...1 TO 3 INCHES
  TONIGHT...AND 3 TO 5 INCHES WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO STORM
  TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...POSSIBLY DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN
  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS AROUND 20
  TONIGHT. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S WEDNESDAY WITH WIND CHILL VALUES
  IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL AND RAPIDLY FALLING
  TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS BECOMING
  QUITE 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.