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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
359 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025
PAC003-005-007-019-063-073-129-032200-
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ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-INDIANA PA-LAWRENCE
PA-WESTMORELAND PA-
359 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
CENTRAL WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EST.
* AT 359 PM EST, A HAZARDOUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED OVER OAKWOOD,
OR NEAR NEW CASTLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...DOPPLER RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENN HILLS, MONROEVILLE, CRANBERRY, NEW CASTLE, GREENSBURG,
INDIANA, BUTLER, LATROBE, VANDERGRIFT, HOMER CITY, APOLLO, PLUM,
MURRYSVILLE, NEW KENSINGTON, LOWER BURRELL, HARRISON TOWNSHIP,
ELLWOOD CITY, HOMEACRE-LYNDORA, ARNOLD AND SHANOR-NORTHVUE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 109.
INTERSTATE 376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 24...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 84.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 7...AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 17...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 57.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 4085 8038 4092 8052 4109 8052 4110 8017
4088 7969 4072 7933 4063 7906 4057 7912
4026 7938 4046 7982 4050 7969 4055 7970
4070 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 299DEG 27KT 4099 8043
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
RACKLEY
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