LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1200 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY...
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY. A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
MULTIPLE BANDS OF LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
SUNSET...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
ONONDAGA AND MADISON COUNTIES. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS INTO
THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE FOR MANY AREAS... SINCE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO PERSIST. THIS WILL LOWER
VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES.
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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