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WWUS41 KBTV 141652
WSWBTV
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1152 AM EST WED JAN 14 2026
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NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT COVINGTON, GOUVERNEUR, NORFOLK,
MASSENA, OGDENSBURG, MALONE, AND POTSDAM
1152 AM EST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND
9 INCHES.
* WHERE...NORTHERN FRANKLIN, NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE, AND SOUTHWESTERN
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT,
INCLUDING THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO
SNOW BY MIDNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON THURSDAY MORNING,
BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THURSDAY EVENING. BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ON ROAD
CONDITIONS IN IN NEW YORK, VISIT HTTPS://511NY.ORG.
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SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELLENBURG, SOUTH COLTON, TUPPER LAKE,
NEWCOMB, SARANAC LAKE, STAR LAKE, DANNEMORA, AND LAKE PLACID
1152 AM EST WED JAN 14 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 7
INCHES.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE, SOUTHERN FRANKLIN, WESTERN
CLINTON, AND WESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
WILL IMPACT BOTH THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO
SNOW BY MIDNIGHT WITH SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES BY THURSDAY
MORNING. ANY STANDING WATER MAY FREEZE, ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED
ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ON ROAD
CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK, VISIT HTTPS://511NY.ORG.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.
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