WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY
1226 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND FALL
HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY TAPER
OFF FOR A TIME BEFORE REDEVELOPING AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY SQUALLS LATER FRIDAY...INTO SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

* WINDS...SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH BY LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING FROM THE LOWER 30S INTO THE 20S WITH
WIND CHILLS IN THE LOW TEENS.