LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 420 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...FOR HEAVY SNOW...REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY.
ONE TO THREE FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN
HERKIMER COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...MAINLY
NORTH OF ROUTE 28...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
BANDS OF SNOW OFF LAKE ONTARIO WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST
INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW
COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. ALSO...THE SNOW COULD
DRIFT TO OVER SIX FEET IN EXPOSED AREAS.
A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW OF COLD AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ONTARIO THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY. POTENT DISTURBANCES WORKING THROUGH THIS FLOW...WILL
PRODUCE BOUTS OF VERY HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LIGHTNING MIGHT ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW SQUALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES
OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND
CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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