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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING, BUT HEAVY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY WHICH WILL BRING TOTALS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. FAR NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY COULD LOCALLY REACH AROUND 2 FEET BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

* TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX OVER TO WET SNOW THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER, LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL FURTHER ORGANIZE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY, WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* WINDS...GENERALLY WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY 20S TO NEAR 30.

* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTHERN ONEIDA

Instructions:

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.