WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 308 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
NEW YORK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM EST
SUNDAY. THE WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN
EFFECT.
* A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN PLUS A LIGHT SLEET
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHERN NEW
YORK...INCLUDING THE IMMEDIATE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY.
* ICY ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS
THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY NEW
YORK. ICY ROADS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT ON UNTREATED SURFACES AS PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET OCCUR.
* SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES OR POWERLINES IS POSSIBLE DUE
TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION AND WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN NEW
YORK DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE CLOSE TO THE
IMMEDIATE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY WHERE A COLD NORTHEASTERLY WIND
WILL BE IN PLACE. A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE IN THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY WITH THE PROSPECT OF
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADS. PRECIPITATION
ENDS DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AS A MIX OF SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SLEET
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS DURING
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW YORK.
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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