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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1035 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
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ONONDAGA-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ONEIDA, HAMILTON, AND SYRACUSE
1035 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FOR THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING, HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS
HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW. FOR THE WINTER STORM
WATCH, ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 9 INCHES OR
MORE OF SNOW POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...MADISON AND ONONDAGA COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FOR THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING, UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH, FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY, CAUSING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS IN OPEN EXPOSED LOCATIONS.
STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW, WITH RATES OF 1 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO LIFT
NORTH THIS EVENING, MAINLY NORTH OF ONONDAGA AND MADISON COUNTIES.
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL RETURN BY TUESDAY MORNING, AS IT DROPS
SOUTH ONCE AGAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOONVILLE, ROME, AND UTICA
1035 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 6 TO 15 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90, INCLUDING
THE CITY OF UTICA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 15 TO 25
INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90, INCLUDING ROME, CAMDEN, FLORENCE
AND SYLVAN BEACH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING SNOW.
* WHERE...NORTHERN ONEIDA AND SOUTHERN ONEIDA COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY, CAUSING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS IN OPEN EXPOSED LOCATIONS.
STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE SNOW TOTALS ARE FOR A LONG DURATION EVENT
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL
FLUCTUATE NORTH AND SOUTH DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. SNOWFALL
RATES OF 1-3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST PORTION
OF THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN OPEN, EXPOSED LOCATION THROUGH THE DAY TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
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