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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
603 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025
PAC003-005-019-063-129-040000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SQ.W.0011.250103T2303Z-250104T0000Z/
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-INDIANA PA-WESTMORELAND PA-
603 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...
SOUTH CENTRAL ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EST.
* AT 603 PM EST, A HAZARDOUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED NEAR PENN HILLS
TO HOMER CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...FLASH FREEZE ON ROADS AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY
DUE TO INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.
WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENN HILLS, LATROBE, VANDERGRIFT, HOMER CITY, APOLLO, PLUM,
MURRYSVILLE, HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, NEW KENSINGTON, LOWER BURRELL,
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, OAKMONT, FOX CHAPEL, ARNOLD, TARENTUM, NATRONA
HEIGHTS, MCCHESNEYTOWN-LOYALHANNA, BLAIRSVILLE, SPRINGDALE AND
BRACKENRIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 51.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY FREEZE. SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR
SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION.
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4067 8003 4068 8004 4075 7994 4063 7962
4054 7943 4057 7925 4056 7913 4040 7923
4027 7937 4056 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 300DEG 27KT 4060 7980
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
RACKLEY
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