As expected...Winter Weather Advisory

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WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
304 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS STATES TO
CENTRAL MICHIGAN THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST VERY
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WILL ALLOW THE
PRECIPITATION OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS TO BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. THE THREAT OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN MOVE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS.

SOME AREAS NEAR THE NEW YORK BORDER MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW
BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LIGHT ICING AND POTENTIAL TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES.


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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT...EMPORIUM...
RENOVO...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE
304 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...AREAS FROM INTERSTATE 80 NORTH TO THE NEW YORKK
              BORDER.

* HAZARD TYPES...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH MINOR SNOW
                 ACCUMULATIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE AND UP TO
                  1 INCH OF SNOW.

* TIMING...6AM TO EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30.

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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. 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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