URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
424 AM EST THU NOV 17 2011
...FIRST SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT EVENT OF THE SEASON...
COLD AIR FLOWING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ONTARIO
WILL RESULT IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVER ONEIDA COUNTY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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SOUTHERN ONEIDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UTICA...ROME
424 AM EST THU NOV 17 2011
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY.
* HAZARDS...BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...SHOWERS WILL INITIALLY BE RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL TRANSITION TO BURSTS OF ACCUMULATING
SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND IS
EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...INTO THE REMAINDER OF ONEIDA COUNTY TONIGHT. SNOW
SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING FROM THE 30S LATE AFTERNOON...INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.