Special Weather Statement

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
322 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

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WARREN-MCKEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD
322 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO RAIN BY 7AM
  FRIDAY. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE EARLY TODAY.
  LAKE EFFECT SNOW DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A
  STRONG COLD FRONT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN ADDITONAL INCH THIS MORNING...THEN
  ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY.
  LOCALLY HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENT
  SNOW BANDS.

* TIMING...RAIN AND WET SNOW...TAPERING TO SHOWERS OF RAIN BETWEEN
  4 AND 5 AM. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. AFTER A
  PERIOD OF MILD TEMPERATURES AND OCCASIONAL RAIN TODAY...LAKE
  EFFECT SNOWS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
  OVERNIGHT...THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. A THIN
  COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED SURFACES BEFORE
  DAWN TODAY.

* WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 THROUGH MID AFTERNOON
  TODAY...SHIFTING TO THE WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
  MPH LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S EARLY TODAY....RISING BRIEFLY
  INTO THE MID 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN FALLING INTO THE MID 20S EARLY SATURDAY
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER...AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY 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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LAMBERT/STEINBUGL