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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
634 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2025
PAC105-117-281215-
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POTTER PA-TIOGA PA-
634 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 715 AM EST.
* AT 632 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MILLERTON TO ROULETTE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG US-15 OR US-6 IN TIOGA COUNTY OR US-6 IN
POTTER COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY-CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANSFIELD, WELLSBORO, COUDERSPORT, BLOSSBURG, ROULETTE, GALETON,
WESTFIELD, GAINES, COVINGTON, ARNOT, MILLERTON, AND KEENEYVILLE.
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 4176 7689 4155 7700 4155 7715 4172 7717
4168 7760 4170 7820 4182 7821 4200 7693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 314DEG 23KT 4196 7696 4177 7810
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
BANGHOFF
NO PENNDOT CMS BOARDS ARE ENCOMPASSED BY THIS WARNING.
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