WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1008 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS WILL
GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AND BECOMES LOCATED
EAST OF THE DELMARVA COAST ON SATURDAY. THIS LOW WILL TEAM UP
WITH A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO SPREAD SNOW NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN
TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS OF SATURDAY.
THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A 6 TO 10 INCH SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF HARRISBURG...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...CHAMBERSBURG
AND SOMERSET.
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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LAMBERT/RADZANOWSKI/MACH
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