LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1057 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
SATURDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
SATURDAY.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE WIND DIRECTION. AFTERNOON SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO LOCALLY 8 INCHES IN THE WARNING
AREA. HOWEVER...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN AREAS MOST IMPACTED COULD
REACH BETWEEN A FOOT AND 1 AND HALF FEET BY DAYBREAK
SATURDAY...WITH SOME AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 FEET AT A FEW
LOCATIONS OVER ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS POWDERY AND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40
MPH WILL BLOW IT AROUND A LOT. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR THOSE
TRAVELING. A PART OF INTERSTATE 90 WAS CLOSED IN EASTERN ERIE
COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. PEOPLE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA MAY WANT
TO POSTPONE THEIR TRAVEL UNTIL SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL
BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN
ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
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