WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1247 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS
OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THIS CAN RESULT IN UNTREATED SURFACES
BECOMING ICY AND HAZARDOUS. WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH CAN ADD TO
THE ICING HAZARD BY MAKING ICE LADEN TREES LIMBS AND POWER LINES
VULNERABLE TO SNAPPING.
BY LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING FOR ALL
THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO RAIN.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT YOUR SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1-877-633-6772.
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