Issuing Office: Albany
Source: National.Weather.Service
Time: 2:57pm EST, Sat Feb 11
… WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS… SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS, LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION, MOHAWK VALLEY, CAPITAL REGION, SCHOHARIE VALLEY, CENTRAL CATSKILLS, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS, BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES… HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS… 10 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING… SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS… SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. WINDS WILL INCREASE BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * WINDS… NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ON MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES… IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL 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.
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