Lake Effect Snow Warning until 07:00AM Saturday
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON, WITH STEADIER SNOW ENDING FOR A TIME LATE IN THE DAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. LATER THIS EVENING, LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP, CONTINUING PERIODICALLY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. LAKE- EFFECT SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WEST OF STATE ROUTE 26 AND NORTH OF ONEIDA LAKE.
* TIMING...STEADY AFTERNOON SNOW ENDING BY AROUND 4 PM. LAKE- EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL DROP INTO THE REGION BETWEEN 8 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO ANTICIPATED, IN MORE OPEN AREAS.
* WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.
* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTHERN ONEIDA
Instructions:
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS THAT HEAVY LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Address/Location
Fort Stanwix National Monument
100 North James Street
Rome, NY 13440
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 315-336-2090
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP FOSTNPS followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Lake Effect Snow Warning