URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
417 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
SATURDAY...
* LOCATIONS...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHERN VERMONT
AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE
WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE AND
SARATOGA REGIONS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON
VALLEY...TACONICS...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO
18 INCHES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...SNOW RATES WILL OCCASIONALLY EXCEED ONE
INCH PER HOUR TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...AND BECOME
STEADIER AND HEAVIER BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ON THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...
FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...
ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.