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WWUS41 KBGM 210139
WSWBGM
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
839 PM EST WED NOV 20 2024
NYZ022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-
211400-
/O.CON.KBGM.WS.A.0007.241121T2100Z-241122T2100Z/
STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-
BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-
WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CORNING, HORNELL, WATKINS GLEN, ELMIRA,
ITHACA, CORTLAND, NORWICH, ONEONTA, OWEGO, WAVERLY, BINGHAMTON,
DELHI, WALTON, MONTICELLO, SAYRE, TOWANDA, HALLSTEAD, MONTROSE,
DAMASCUS, EQUINUNK, TUNKHANNOCK, SCRANTON, HAZLETON,
WILKES-BARRE, MILFORD, AND HONESDALE
839 PM EST WED NOV 20 2024
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY WET SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7
INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 4
INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS
MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING
A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS, BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA
CLOTHING. ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
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