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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. HARDEST HIT AREAS WILL BE FROM THE SYRACUSE AREA SOUTHWARD TO CAYUGA... CORTLAND... AND CHENANGO COUNTIES. ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY...

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

* HAZARD TYPES...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM TOTALS SINCE SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA... WITH SOME LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OVER 2 FEET.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AND SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE WITH OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO OCCUR DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO 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.