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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...ONONDAGA... ONEIDA...AND MADISON...COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.

* HAZARD TYPES...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. KEEP IN MIND THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE HILLS SOUTH OF SYRACUSE AND UTICA, NEAR PLACES SUCH AS TULLY, CAZENOVIA AND FABIUS. IN ADDITION HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST ONEIDA COUNTY NEAR FLORANCE.

* TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. A BURST OF HEAVIER SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THIS TRANSITION. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MADISON ... NORTHERN ONEIDA ... ONONDAGA ... SOUTHERN ONEIDA

Instructions:

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.