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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
617 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
NYC007-015-025-097-101-105-107-109-123-PAC115-127-171200-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SQ.W.0028.250217T1117Z-250217T1200Z/
SCHUYLER NY-YATES NY-BROOME NY-DELAWARE NY-CHEMUNG NY-TIOGA NY-
STEUBEN NY-TOMPKINS NY-SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WAYNE PA-
617 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN YATES COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EST.
* AT 617 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PRATTSBURG TO NEAR WEDGEWOOD TO NEAR SPENCER TO
NEAR APALACHIN TO KIRKWOOD TO SHERMAN TO NEAR PEABROOK, AND IS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ASSOCIATED
WITH INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING
TO BLOWING SNOW. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKLAND, BINGHAMTON, VESTAL, JOHNSON CITY, ENDICOTT, KIRKWOOD,
CONKLIN, MAINE, NEWFIELD, AND LIBERTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY EXITS...
NEW YORK INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN 1 AND 6.
INTERSTATE 86/ROUTE 17 BETWEEN 64 AND 99, AND NEAR 100A.
INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN 1 AND 4.
PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATE 81 NEAR 230.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE ON A HIGHWAY WHEN A SNOW SQUALL HITS.
VISIBILITY AND TRACTION ARE IMMEDIATELY LOST IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS,
MAKING IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO SLOW DOWN AND AVOID STOPPED
VEHICLES. DELAY TRAVEL OR SAFELY EXIT THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE SNOW
SQUALL ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 4179 7472 4200 7610 4223 7676 4250 7739
4258 7738 4258 7723 4225 7610 4201 7484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 341DEG 2KT 4250 7724 4237 7692 4219 7647 4209
7613 4203 7579 4197 7545 4190 7507
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
MJM
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