URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE&&-----------------------------------------------
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
NYZ038-051200-
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SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...
MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE
1219 AM EST WED JAN 5 2011
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING.
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS: SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY.
* HAZARDS: MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES.
* TIMING: THROUGH TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS.
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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