WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1203 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN NEW YORK...UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY.
* 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 POWER LINES 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 IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
EXTENT OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. IT WILL SPREAD INTO
NORTHERN NEW YORK BY 1 AM AND INTO NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND WESTERN
CLINTON COUNTIES BY 3 AM. 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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