WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 355 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
A STORM DEVELOPING ALONG THE GULF COAST EARLY FRIDAY...WILL MOVE
TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST EARLY SATURDAY...BEFORE MOVING OUT OVER
THE NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY. AS A RESULT WE EXPECT SNOW
TO SPREAD NORTHWARD LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA
WHICH WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE EXPECTED PATH OF THE STORM..
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A DRY-FLUFFY SNOWFALL OF ABOUT 4 TO 8
INCHES OVER THE AREA FROM SOMERSET...BEDFORD AND LEWISTOWN EAST
TO POTTSVILLE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE A BIT HIGHER OVER
SOUTHEASTERN LOCATIONS LIKE HARRISBURG...LANCASTER AND YORK IF THE
STORM MOVES A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN PROJECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO
BE FOUND AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.
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LA CORTE
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