050230
WSWBGM
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
930 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2001
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL COMBINE...WITH A
SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE VIRGINIA CAPES LATE THIS
EVENING...AND TRACK TO THE DELMARVA PENINSULA BY MONDAY MORNING. THE
LOW WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY...AS IT CRAWLS NORTH TO A POSITION OFF
THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST BY MONDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL
STALL OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST...SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND MONDAY
NIGHT...AND MOVE BACK WEST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE HEADING
OUT TO SEA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...THE
SUSQUEHANNA REGION OF NEW YORK...THE WESTERN CATSKILLS AND THE
WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. AS THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES AN EASTERLY WIND OF
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IN THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED
BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE. BETWEEN SUNDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE LIKELY WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 30 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING
AREAS.
ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES...CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER...EXPECT A TOTAL
STORM ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 18 INCHES BY TUESDAY. WINTER STORM
WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE
DIMINISHING TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN
HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH SLEET LATER
TONIGHT AND FOR A WHILE MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WYOMING VALLEY AND
POCONOS.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OR
IMPOSSIBLE BY MONDAY ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. CONSIDER CHANGING OR
DELAYING TRAVEL PLANS AS THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE AREA.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR
CAR...INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR
VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE
william spencer
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