LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1239 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
THE STEADY SNOWS HAVE TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. AS A
RESULT...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A BAND
OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME...A PERSISTENT
NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS GOING THROUGH
TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR A FOOT. THE
HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY NEAR
THE SOUTH SHORE OF ONEIDA LAKE...AND NORTHERN ONONDAGA
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SYRACUSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR 10 ABOVE TO
PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO THE
STRONG WINDS.
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 1 TO 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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