096  
WWUS41 KPBZ 161713  
WSWPBZ  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
113 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
PAZ007>009-015-016-077-078-WVZ510-511-170100-  
/O.EXA.KPBZ.WW.Y.0012.260316T2100Z-260317T2100Z/  
MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA-HIGHER  
ELEVATIONS OF INDIANA-RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND  
NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OIL CITY, GROVE CITY, ARMAGH, COOPERS ROCK,  
SHARON, BROOKVILLE, HERMITAGE, TIONESTA, BRUCETON MILLS, CLARION,  
INDIANA, FRANKLIN, KINGWOOD, AND PUNXSUTAWNEY  
113 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM  
EDT TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4  
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN  
WEST VIRGINIA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING  
COMMUTES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED THIS  
EVENING, WITH MORE SCATTERED LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED ON  
TUESDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS  
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING 412-262-1988,  
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X  
@NWSPITTSBURGH.  
 
 
 
 
 
PAZ074-076-WVZ512>514-170100-  
/O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0012.260316T2100Z-260317T2100Z/  
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTMORELAND-HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAYETTE-  
EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROWLESBURG, OHIOPYLE, HAZELTON, SAINT GEORGE,  
DAVIS, DONEGAL, THOMAS, CANAAN VALLEY, CHAMPION, PARSONS, TERRA ALTA,  
HENDRICKS, AND LIGONIER  
113 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON  
TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6  
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...IN PENNSYLVANIA, HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAYETTE AND HIGHER  
ELEVATIONS OF WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. IN WEST VIRGINIA, EASTERN  
PRESTON, EASTERN TUCKER, AND WESTERN TUCKER COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL  
IMPACT THE MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS  
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS  
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING 412-262-1988,  
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X  
@NWSPITTSBURGH.  
 
 
 
 
 
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