WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 348 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS ...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS ON WEDNESDAY.
* GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE MIXED
WINTRY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID-MORNING. THE SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING IN THE EVENING. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FELT WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES
UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR... ACCOMPANIED BY LOW VISIBILITY AND GUSTY
WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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