Winter Weather Advisory

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
309 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012

PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-110415-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0008.120211T0900Z-120212T0000Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS...
RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET
309 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY
  AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES
  FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL PRODUCE WIND
  CHILLS BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
  TEENS SATURDAY NIGHT.

* VISIBILITIES...BELOW ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND
  BRIEF SQUALLS.

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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