Special Weather Statement

WWUS41 KCTP 231905
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
205 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-037-041-042-241200-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.120224T0400Z-120224T1200Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT...
ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...
LAPORTE
205 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW CHANGING TO MIXED PRECIPIATION AND THEN
ALL RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST
FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO RAIN BY 7AM
  FRIDAY. BRIEF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE OVER POTTER AND MCKEAN
  COUNTIES BETWEEN 4AM AND 7AM.

* ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER NORTHERN CLINTON
  AND NORTHERN LYCOMING TO 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN MCKEAN
  AND NORTHERN POTTER COUNTIES.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH THE PRE DAWN HOURS...MIXING WITH RAIN/FREEZING RAIN BY 4
  AM AND CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY 7A M.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS...THIN BRIEF COATING
  OF ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES BEFORE DAWN.

* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
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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