LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 812 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
SNOW WILL FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL BY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES IN MOST AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS LOCALLY WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS 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 IN THE TEENS TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL
VALUES AROUND MINUS 10 DEGREES TUESDAY. 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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