LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1239 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY.
A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL MOVE NORTH OF ONEIDA COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STEADY
SNOWS OF THIS MORNING WILL BRING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO 4 TO 8
INCHES THIS AFTERNOON.
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL MOVE BACK SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN
ONEIDA COUNTY BY LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING
FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE WEE HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING.
AFTER THAT TIME THE BAND OF SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH OF
THE AREA BY AROUND DAYBREAK TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
BY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ROME SOUTH THROUGH
VERONA...BACK TOWARD ONEIDA LAKE. LESSER AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF
5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE IMMEDIATE MOHAWK VALLEY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF UTICA.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR 10 ABOVE TO
PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO THE
STRONG WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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