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...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW... SLEET... AND STRONG WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRIMARILY THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE BUT IS NOT THE MAIN THREAT. BY THIS EVENING, MOST OF THE REGION WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS WHICH MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BROOME ... CHEMUNG ... CHENANGO ... CORTLAND ... DELAWARE ... MADISON ... NORTHERN ONEIDA ... ONONDAGA ... OTSEGO ... SCHUYLER ... SENECA ... SOUTHERN CAYUGA ... SOUTHERN ONEIDA ... STEUBEN ... TIOGA ... TOMPKINS ... YATES

Instructions:

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.