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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
900 AM EST THU JAN 22 2026
PAC117-221445-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SQ.W.0042.260122T1400Z-260122T1445Z/
TIOGA PA-
900 AM EST THU JAN 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST.
* AT 900 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED OVER WELLSBORO,
MOVING EAST AT 50 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 AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 6 FROM ANSONIA TO THE BRADFORD COUNTY LINE.
ROUTE 15 FROM BLOSSBURG TO TIOGA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANSFIELD, WELLSBORO, MORRIS, BLOSSBURG, COVINGTON, ARNOT, MILLERTON,
LEONARD HARRISON STATE PARK, TIOGA, ROSEVILLE, AND MANSFIELD
UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
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 4172 7689 4157 7743 4175 7748 4199 7692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 255DEG 42KT 4169 7731
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
BOWEN
NO PENNDOT CMS BOARDS ARE ENCOMPASSED BY THIS WARNING.
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