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SQWPBZ
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
502 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025
PAC125-032212-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.SQ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250103T2215Z/
WASHINGTON PA-
502 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025
...SNOW SQUALL WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON
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 4023 7997 4024 7996 4024 7993 4025 7992
4026 7995 4030 7975 4032 7955 4026 7938
4015 7948 4004 7955 4018 7985 4019 7985
4019 7986 4020 7987 4019 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 292DEG 34KT 4037 7973 4034 7999 4033 8008
PAC003-051-129-032215-
/O.CON.KPBZ.SQ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250103T2215Z/
ALLEGHENY PA-FAYETTE PA-WESTMORELAND PA-
502 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025
...SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHENY, NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN
WESTMORELAND COUNTIES...
AT 502 PM EST, A HAZARDOUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR YOUNGWOOD TO OVER MONONGAHELA, OR ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF GREENSBURG TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASTONVILLE, MOVING EAST
AT 40 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...
GREENSBURG, JEANNETTE, JEFFERSON HILLS, DONORA, MOUNT PLEASANT,
SCOTTDALE, MONONGAHELA, YOUNGWOOD, WEST NEWTON, NEW STANTON,
WICKERHAM MANOR-FISHER, ELIZABETH, CALUMET-NORVELT, LINCOLN,
EVERSON, SUTERSVILLE, WEST ELIZABETH, SMITHTON, MADISON AND ARONA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 57.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 83.
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 4023 7997 4024 7996 4024 7993 4025 7992
4026 7995 4030 7975 4032 7955 4026 7938
4015 7948 4004 7955 4018 7985 4019 7985
4019 7986 4020 7987 4019 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 292DEG 34KT 4032 7977 4031 7999 4030 8015
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
RACKLEY
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