SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 522 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 615 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA...
* AT 511 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER
OF NEW YORK...
A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM...FROM
HORNELL AND BATH...EASTWARD THROUGH WATKINS
GLEN...ITHACA...MARATHON...GREENE...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...AND DEPOSIT.
MUCH OF THE ROUTE 17 AND INTERSTATE 86 CORRIDORS WILL BE IMPACTED.
ALSO...INTERSTATE 81...BETWEEN EXIT 9 AND THE NEW
YORK...PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE.
IN GENERAL...LAKE SNOWS SHOULD BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER 7
PM.
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE AND CHANGE RAPIDLY OVER SHORT TRAVEL
DISTANCES IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS MAY BE EXPERIENCING
VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, WHILE LOCATIONS ONLY 10
TO 20 MILES AWAY MAY HAVE CLEAR SKIES. IF DRIVING, SLOW DOWN AND
ANTICIPATE RAPIDLY CHANGING TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 407 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 415 PM EST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON
SUNDAY...AS A STORM SYSTEM FORMS NEAR THE EAST COAST.
AT THIS POINT...THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A MAJOR STORM...BUT LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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