944  
WWUS51 KPBZ 031926  
SQWPBZ  
 
SNOW SQUALL WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
226 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025  
 
PAC085-031936-  
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SQ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250103T1945Z/  
MERCER PA-  
226 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025  
   
..SNOW SQUALL WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY  
 
THE SNOW SQUALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA.  
THEREFORE, THE SNOW SQUALL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ROADS WILL  
REMAIN SNOW COVERED.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4058 8048 4075 8052 4081 8052 4111 8022  
4107 8010 4103 7996 4141 7973 4125 7924  
4100 7946 4077 7970 4047 8023  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 295DEG 21KT 4131 7965 4103 7998 4086 8016  
4070 8042  
 
 
 
PAC003-005-007-019-031-073-121-031945-  
/O.CON.KPBZ.SQ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250103T1945Z/  
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-LAWRENCE  
PA-VENANGO PA-  
226 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025  
 
...SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN VENANGO, NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHENY, NORTHWESTERN  
ARMSTRONG, BUTLER, CENTRAL CLARION, BEAVER AND EASTERN LAWRENCE  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 226 PM EST, A SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR  
CLARION TO OVER HARMONY TOWNSHIP, OR ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CLARION  
TO OVER ALIQUIPPA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO  
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS  
UP TO 35 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS  
WITHIN MINUTES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP, CRANBERRY, MOON TOWNSHIP, NEW CASTLE, BUTLER,  
FRANKLIN PARK, OIL CITY, ALIQUIPPA, BEAVER FALLS, MONACA, CLARION,  
KNOX, RIMERSBURG, HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, ECONOMY, ELLWOOD CITY,  
AMBRIDGE, WEXFORD, HOMEACRE-LYNDORA AND NEW BRIGHTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
PARKWAY NORTH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 13.  
INTERSTATE 80 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 67.  
INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 109.  
INTERSTATE 376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 53...AND  
NEAR MILE MARKER 56.  
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 37.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN  
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.  
 
REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE  
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4058 8048 4075 8052 4081 8052 4111 8022  
4107 8010 4103 7996 4141 7973 4125 7924  
4100 7946 4077 7970 4047 8023  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 295DEG 21KT 4131 7965 4124 7982 4103 7992  
4080 8014 4069 8043  
 
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
RACKLEY  
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