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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
500 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025
PAC003-005-007-019-063-073-129-032300-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SQ.W.0010.250103T2200Z-250103T2300Z/
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-INDIANA PA-LAWRENCE
PA-WESTMORELAND PA-
500 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...
NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHERN BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EST.
* AT 500 PM EST, A HAZARDOUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR NEW
CASTLE SOUTHEAST THROUGH BUTLER TO INDIANA, 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...
CRANBERRY, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA, BUTLER, BEAVER FALLS, VANDERGRIFT,
HOMER CITY, APOLLO, PLUM, MURRYSVILLE, HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, NEW
KENSINGTON, LOWER BURRELL, HARRISON TOWNSHIP, ELLWOOD CITY,
HOMEACRE-LYNDORA, NEW BRIGHTON, ARNOLD, SHANOR-NORTHVUE AND
TARENTUM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 98.
INTERSTATE 376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 31.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 37...AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 39...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 43.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.
LAT...LON 4085 8052 4107 8052 4096 8020 4090 7997
4085 7965 4063 7905 4061 7909 4058 7910
4056 7913 4048 7917 4036 7926 4052 7970
4081 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 299DEG 27KT 4092 8044
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
RACKLEY
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