Freezing Rain for McKean & Potter

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
309 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A THIN GLAZING OF ICE FROM LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING INTO EARLY
MONDAY...

.A DEVELOPING...MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL MIX WITH THE SUB
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION TO CREATE PERIODS OF
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEGINNING BY THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUING UNTIL AROUND THE MORNING RUSH HOUR ON
MONDAY.

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049>053-056>059-063>066-222100-
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MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT...ST. MARYS...
RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...
STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...
LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...
CHAMBERSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE...LOCK HAVEN...
WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...SUNBURY...
SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG...
HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...
LANCASTER
309 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 8 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...LAUREL
  HIGHLANDS...AND THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.

* ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...TO AS
  MUCH AS TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ON SOME OF THE EAST FACING SLOPES
  OF THE RIDGES.

* TIMING...LATE TODAY THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF DANGEROUS BLACK ICE WILL FORM ON UNTREATED
  ROADS...AND SIDEWALKS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE FIRST
  TO FREEZE UP.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...INCREASING TO AND
  10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH ON THE RIDGE TOPS.

* TEMPERATURES...NEARLY STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES...EXCEPT DOWN TO
  AROUND 2 MILES IN AREAS OF FOG LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. SLOW DOWN AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. UNTREATED ROADS
THAT APPEAR WET COULD BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF BLACK ICE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN
ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.

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