LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1012 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
SATURDAY.
HEAVIER SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO POUND NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY
OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE WINDING DOWN DURING THE
MIDDAY HOURS SATURDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
WILL BE COMMON.
BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE LEWIS
COUNTY LINE...IN PLACES LIKE BOONVILLE...WESTDALE...AND POINT
ROCK.
THE HEAVY SNOW...COMBINED WITH WINDS OF UP TO 35 MPH...WILL
CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS LIKELY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...
WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOWSTORM. TRAVEL IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD ONLY BE ATTEMPTED IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM
PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
$$
MJ
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