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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
1010 AM EST WED NOV 20 2024  
   
..AN IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS  
 
.A POTENT WINTER SYSTEM WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY  
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. INITIAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY  
THURSDAY, BUT THE TIME WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIKELY  
BE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE AFFECTED  
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES, AND DURING THE DAYTIME FRIDAY FOR AFFECTED  
WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES. MOST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONCLUDE BY  
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EASTERN TUCKER COUNTY WHERE SNOW  
AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
PAZ074-076-WVZ511>513-210000-  
/O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.241121T1800Z-241124T0000Z/  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.241121T1800Z-241123T1200Z/  
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTMORELAND-HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAYETTE-  
PRESTON-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OHIOPYLE, HENDRICKS, CHAMPION, SAINT  
GEORGE, PARSONS, DONEGAL, HAZELTON, LIGONIER, BRUCETON MILLS,  
TERRA ALTA, ROWLESBURG, AND KINGWOOD  
1010 AM EST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND  
12 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...IN PENNSYLVANIA, HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAYETTE AND HIGHER  
ELEVATIONS OF WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. IN WEST VIRGINIA, EASTERN  
PRESTON, PRESTON, AND WESTERN TUCKER COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.  
THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND  
FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING 412-262-1988,  
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER  
@NWSPITTSBURGH.  
 
 
 
 
 
WVZ514-210000-  
/O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.241121T1800Z-241124T0000Z/  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.241121T1800Z-241124T0000Z/  
EASTERN TUCKER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THOMAS, CANAAN VALLEY, AND DAVIS  
1010 AM EST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM EST  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10  
AND 15 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. SNOW AND LIGHT  
FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE SATURDAY.  
 
* WHERE...EASTERN TUCKER COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4  
MILE DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY  
DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE  
THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN  
TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY  
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER  
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS,  
BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING.  
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP  
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.  
 
PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING 412-262-1988,  
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER  
@NWSPITTSBURGH.  
 
 
 
 
 
PAZ078-WVZ510-210000-  
/O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.241121T1800Z-241124T0000Z/  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.WW.Y.0015.241121T1800Z-241123T1200Z/  
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INDIANA-RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND  
NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COOPERS ROCK AND ARMAGH  
1010 AM EST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6  
INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...IN PENNSYLVANIA, HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF INDIANA COUNTY. IN  
WEST VIRGINIA, RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN  
PRESTON COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING 412-262-1988,  
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER  
@NWSPITTSBURGH.  
 
 
 
 
 
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