URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
958 AM EST FRI FEB 22 2013
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WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
958 AM EST FRI FEB 22 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY.
* LOCATIONS...WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES.
* TIMING...A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET...MIXING WITH AND
ENDING AS A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER
PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN SATURDAY MORNING.
* HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. ICE
ACCUMULATION LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES....DOWN TO A MILE OR LESS IN SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD MAKE FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT COULD PROLONG THE PERIOD OF SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADS
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW,
SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...
POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE
HASHTAG BUFWX