Alert archive / New York / Ice Storm Warnings in 2008
Ice Storm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this ice storm warning at Dec 10, 2008, 3:52 PM EST for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 11, 2008, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 31 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2008, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2008, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 4:00 PM EST | ICE STORM | New Paltz, NY | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Dec 11, 4:00 PM EST | ICE STORM | Taghkanic, NY | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Dec 11, 5:00 PM EST | ICE STORM | Salt Point, NY | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Dec 11, 5:00 PM EST | ICE STORM | Savoy, MA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM EST | ICE STORM | Coxsackie, NY | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM EST | ICE STORM | Kingston, NY | 140 REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES THROUGHOUT ULSTER COUNTY. TOWN OF ROCHESTER UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY. |
| Dec 11, 10:30 PM EST | ICE STORM | Athens, NY | TREE LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Dec 12, 12:48 AM EST | ICE STORM | Windsor, MA | PLOWS REQUIRED TO REMOVE NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS FROM ROADS. |
| Dec 12, 1:18 AM EST | ICE STORM | North Adams, MA | STATE ROUTE 2 CLOSED DUE TO MULTIPLE DOWNED TREES. |
| Dec 12, 5:11 AM EST | ICE STORM | Red Hook, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. APPROXIMATELY 12 ROADS CLOSED. HARDEST HIT AREA ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF COUNTY. |
| Dec 12, 5:45 AM EST | ICE STORM 0 | North Otis, MA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN...WITH TREES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 23. ESTIMATED ICE ACCRETION OF 0.5 INCH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KALY 102052 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 352 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 NYZ032-033-038-042-082-110500- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081211T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0012.081211T1200Z-081212T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1800Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 352 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THURSDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ039>041-083-110500- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081211T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0012.081211T1200Z-081212T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1500Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-SOUTHEAST WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS 352 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...AND THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OR GREATER IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM ALBANY EASTWARD TO THE NORTHER TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...THEN BECOME HEAVIER LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ALBANY EASTWARD. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-110500- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0012.081211T1200Z-081212T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.IS.W.0002.081211T1100Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL... COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON... CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 352 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS... BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICING. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE ONE AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WOULD RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL START THURSDAY MORNING... BECOMING HEAVIER IN INTENSITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE COULD BE SOME PLAIN RAIN MIXED IN DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS...ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE ENTIRELY FROZEN PRECIPITATION FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD WHEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR. IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE WARNING...SUCH AS GREENE...COLUMBIA...AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SLEET WILL MIX IN AT TIMES. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR...IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING...WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ043-047>054-084-VTZ013>015-110500- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0012.081211T1200Z-081212T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1500Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL... MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY... ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT... ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 352 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET POSSIBLY TOTALING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OR GREATER IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM ALBANY EASTWARD TO THE NORTHER TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...THEN BECOMING HEAVIER LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ALBANY EASTWARD. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KALY 102103 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 403 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-110500- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.081211T1100Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL... COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON... CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 403 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICING. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE ONE AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WOULD RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL START THURSDAY MORNING... BECOMING HEAVIER IN INTENSITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE COULD BE SOME PLAIN RAIN MIXED IN DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS...ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE ENTIRELY FROZEN PRECIPITATION FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD WHEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR. IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE WARNING...SUCH AS GREENE...COLUMBIA... AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SLEET WILL MIX IN AT TIMES. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR...IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING...WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-110500- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1500Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 403 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET POSSIBLY TOTALING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OR GREATER IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM ALBANY EASTWARD TO THE NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...THEN BECOMING HEAVIER LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ALBANY EASTWARD. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-110500- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1800Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 403 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THURSDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 110307 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1007 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-111115- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.081211T1100Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL... COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON... CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 1007 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICING. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE ONE AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WOULD RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL START THURSDAY MORNING... BECOMING HEAVIER IN INTENSITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE COULD BE SOME PLAIN RAIN MIXED IN DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS...ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE ENTIRELY FROZEN PRECIPITATION FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD WHEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR. IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE WARNING...SUCH AS GREENE...COLUMBIA... AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SLEET WILL MIX IN AT TIMES. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR...IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING...WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-111115- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1500Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1007 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT... LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET POSSIBLY TOTALING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OR GREATER IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM ALBANY EASTWARD TO THE NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...THEN BECOMING HEAVIER LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ALBANY EASTWARD. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-111115- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1800Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 1007 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THURSDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST TO THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND...THEN TO MAINE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 110936 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 436 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 CTZ013-112200- /O.CAN.KALY.IS.W.0002.081211T1100Z-081212T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0018.081211T1100Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...TERRYVILLE 436 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AS SLIGHTLY MILDER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD...A CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-112200- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.081211T1100Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON 436 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICING. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE ONE AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...AND POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLEN TREE LIMBS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVIER IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE COULD BE SOME PLAIN RAIN MIXED IN DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY ACROSS SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS...ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE ENTIRELY FROZEN PRECIPITATION FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD WHEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR. IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE WARNING...SUCH AS GREENE...COLUMBIA... AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SLEET WILL MIX IN AT TIMES. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR...IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING...WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-112200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1500Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 436 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT... LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE FROM THE CAPITAL REGION AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY NORTH INTO THE SARATOGA REGION...AS WELL AS ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THIS REGION...AS WELL AS PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLING TREE LIMBS. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET POSSIBLY TOTALING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...THEN BECOMING HEAVIER LATER THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES FURTHER NORTH WITHIN THE LAKE GEORGE AND SARATOGA REGION. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM THE CAPITAL REGION NORTH AND EAST INTO SARATOGA AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-112200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1800Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 436 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SOME SLEET COULD MIX IN AT TIMES LATER TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
000 WWUS41 KALY 111652 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1152 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-120100- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON 1152 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICING. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE ONE AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...AND POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLEN TREE LIMBS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. FREEZING RAIN AND OCCASIONAL SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME AREAS WITH PLAIN RAIN AT TIMES ACROSS SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD WHEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR. IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE WARNING...SUCH AS GREENE...COLUMBIA... AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SLEET WILL MIX IN AT TIMES. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR...IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING...WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT ICING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST STATES AT NOON...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-120100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1152 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT... LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE FROM THE CAPITAL REGION AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY NORTH INTO THE SARATOGA REGION...AS WELL AS ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THIS REGION...AS WELL AS PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLING TREE LIMBS. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OF UP TO AN INCH E INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOHAWK ANDS SCHOHARIE VALLEY REGIONS. MIXED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM THE MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS TO THE LAKE GEORGE REGION. THE REST OF THE REGION WILL SEE AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM THE CAPITAL REGION NORTH AND EAST INTO SARATOGA AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST STATES AT NOON...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-120100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.081211T1800Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 1152 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THIS REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SOME SLEET COULD MIX IN AT TIMES LATER TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST STATES AT NOON...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CTZ013-120100- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...TERRYVILLE 1152 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A MIX OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AS SLIGHTLY MILDER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MAINLY RAIN OCCURRING TONIGHT. THE RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST STATES AT NOON...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 112247 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 547 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-120815- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON 547 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICING. ELEVATED TERRAIN OF THE CATSKILLS...TACONICS AND BERKSHIRES MAY RECEIVE ONE AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...AND POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLEN TREE LIMBS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. AS OF 530 PM...THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS IN AND AROUND THIS ICE STORM WARNING AREA WITH ACCRETIONS OF ICE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME AREAS WITH PLAIN RAIN AT TIMES ACROSS SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD WHEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR. SOME SNOW MIGHT MIX NORTH OF HUDSON ON FRIDAY PRODUCING MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. ANY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WOULD EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM OF ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. THE FREEZING RAIN IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE BOSTON AREA BY LATE FRIDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-120815- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 547 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT... LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE FROM THE CAPITAL REGION AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY NORTH INTO THE SARATOGA REGION...AS WELL AS ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THIS REGION...AS WELL AS PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLING TREE LIMBS. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD ONLY EXACERBATE THE ICING PROBLEM. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY REGIONS WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL FALL..WHILE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL ACCUMULATE RIGHT IN THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AS WELL AS SOUTHERN VERMONT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH A LITTLE SNOW...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ALBANY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM THE CAPITAL REGION NORTH AND EAST INTO SARATOGA AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE FREEZING RAIN IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE BOSTON AREA BY LATE FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-120815- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 547 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE BOSTON AREA BY LATE FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CTZ013-120815- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...TERRYVILLE 547 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A MIX OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...AS SLIGHTLY MILDER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE MAINLY TO RAIN...BUT WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN PERSISTING. THE RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING. WATCH FOR SLICKS SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. THE PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE BOSTON AREA BY LATE FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 120213 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 913 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-121100- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON 913 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICING. ELEVATED TERRAIN OF THE CATSKILLS...TACONICS AND BERKSHIRES MAY RECEIVE UP TO ONE AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...AND POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLEN TREE LIMBS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. AS OF 830 PM...THERE HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS ULSTER...DUTCHESS...COLUMBIA AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME AREAS WITH PLAIN RAIN ACROSS SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS. EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SLEET OR SNOW... PRODUCING SOME MINOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. THE FREEZING RAIN IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA LATE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE FRIDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-121100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 913 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT... LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...ALONG WITH SLEET AND SOME SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS LIKELY FROM THE CAPITAL REGION AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY NORTH INTO THE SARATOGA REGION...AS WELL AS ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THIS REGION...AS WELL AS PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO FALLING TREE LIMBS. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD ONLY EXACERBATE THE ICING PROBLEM. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY REGION INTO THE LAKE GEORGE AND NORTHERN SARATOGA REGION. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FOR OVERNIGHT WITH SOME SNOW IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND LAKE GEORGE TO SARATOGA AREAS. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY TO THE LAKE GEORGE AND SARATOGA REGION...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY TO THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA LATE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-121100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 913 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL FALL...HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA LATE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CTZ013-121100- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...TERRYVILLE 913 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A MIX OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...AS SLIGHTLY MILDER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE MAINLY TO RAIN... BUT WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN PERSISTING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING. WATCH FOR SLICKS SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. THE PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA LATE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST NEAR...OR JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 120950 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 450 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 CTZ013-121100- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...TERRYVILLE 450 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. AS OF 430 AM...TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY WERE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING...SO JUST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT...WINTER WEATHER PROBLEMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. $$ CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-121800- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON 450 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL COME TO AN END EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. AS OF 400 AM...WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES HAD OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE REGION DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE THEY ARE BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS. THROUGH 800 AM... ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICING EXPECTED AFTER 800 AM. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THIS REGION WITH UTILITY COMPANIES REPORTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ON CARS AND HOUSES THIS MORNING. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS REMAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS REGION. FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL COME TO AN END EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING... BUT LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR NEW YORK CITY EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS TO THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-121800- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 450 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF 400 AM...WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES HAD OCCURRED FROM SCHOHARIE COUNTY TO THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...THE NORTHERN TACONICS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE THEY ARE BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS. THROUGH 800 AM...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICING AFTER 800 AM. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THIS REGION WITH UTILITY COMPANIES REPORTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ON CARS AND HOUSES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS REMAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS REGION. FROM THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY TO THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN MORE IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN. IN THIS REGION AS OF 400 AM...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICING IN SOME LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET OR ICE WILL BE MINOR DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING IN ALL THESE AREAS...BUT LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER 800 AM. THE PRECIPITATION IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR NEW YORK CITY EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS TO THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-121800- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 450 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THROUGH 400 AM...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...SOME LOCATIONS HAVE GOTTEN SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. JUST BEFORE SUNRISE THE HEAVIER SNOW HAD TAPERED OFF...BUT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND NOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW...PRODUCING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. THE SNOW IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR NEW YORK CITY EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS TO THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 121552 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-121800- /O.CON.KALY.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE REGION DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE THEY ARE BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS. THE STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO NORTHWEST AS THE STORM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH. THIS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT HAS ENDED....HOWEVER AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-121800- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES HAS OCCURRED FROM SCHOHARIE COUNTY TO THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...THE NORTHERN TACONICS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE THEY ARE BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS. THE STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO NORTHWEST AS THE STORM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT HAS ENDED....HOWEVER AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-038-042-082-121800- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HERKIMER...HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THE STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO NORTHWEST AS THE STORM BEGINS TO DEPART THE REGION. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 121810 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 110 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-121915- /O.EXP.KALY.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON 110 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE REGION DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WAS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND HEADING NORTHEAST. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND OR POWER LINES. BE WARY OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS. NEVER TOUCH DOWNED POWER LINES OR WALK UNDERNEATH DAMAGED POWER LINES OR TREES. TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES CAN COME DOWN WITH LITTLE NOTICE. $$ NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084-VTZ013>015-121915- /O.EXP.KALY.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081212T1800Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-NORTHERN FULTON- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS... HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO... BELLOWS FALLS 110 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE REGION DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS RECEIVING 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WAS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND HEADING NORTHEAST. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND OR POWER LINES. BE WARY OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS. NEVER TOUCH DOWNED POWER LINES OR WALK UNDERNEATH DAMAGED POWER LINES OR TREES. TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES CAN COME DOWN WITH LITTLE NOTICE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Dec 10, 1:25 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 1:25 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
125 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE EVOLVING ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. A
STORM DEVELOPING ALONG THE GULF COAST IS EXPECTED TO TRACK
NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE AND SPREAD A VARIETY OF
PRECIPITATION TYPES...WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS
STORM EXITS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
COLD FRONT CURRENTLY SLICING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME. WINDS HAVE JUST SHIFTED TO THE
NORTHWEST HERE AT ALBANY...WITH TEMPS DROPPING CONSIDERABLY
BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND MOHAWK VALLEY.
STILL A BATCH OF RAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST
OF ALBANY. HOWEVER...RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
HERKIMER/HAMILTON...WITH THIS TREND GRADUALLY EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY AND THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION.
THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
TRANSITION...HOWEVER THIS WILL BE BRIEF. STILL...WILL CONTINUE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THESE AREAS BASED ON FROZEN PRECIP.
RAISED SNOW AMOUNTS TO 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTHER
HERKIMER/HAMILTON WHERE SNOW SHIELD ASSOC WITH ANAFRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH BEFORE ENDING. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST LITTLE IF ANY
SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TODAY. OTHERWISE...TEMPS WILL BE FALLING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT
CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SOUTH AND EAST. MAX TEMPS WILL OCCUR
EARLY...WITH LOWER TO MID 50S SOUTH AND EAST OF ALBANY. TEMPS HAVE
ALREADY DROPPED INTO THE 30S ACROSS WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND
MOHAWK VALLEY. WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF POPS FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST BY THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AS
WELL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST STORM POTENTIAL REMAINS THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY...
THIS POTENTIAL STORM WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ROUND THE BASE OF THE
TROUGH ACROSS THE LONESTAR STATE PER THE THIS MORNING H2O VAPOR
LOOP ANALYSIS. TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME WAS ALREADY WELL
UNDERWAY...PERHAPS A SECONDARY WARM CONVEYOR BELT...WITH
ADDITIONAL SUBTROPICAL PLUME ORIGINATING FROM THE PACIFIC OFF THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST. WHILE THIS LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINS
POSITIVE TILTED THIS MORNING...THIS IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
ORIENTATION AS LEAD SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES RACES
NORTHEAST AND LEAVES BEHIND THIS SOUTHERN STREAM STORM. THE
RESULT FOR THE LOCAL REGION WILL BE A NEARLY PARALLEL FLOW TO THE
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT AND BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY TONIGHT AND
THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY ACROSS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY
AS AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN/SLEET AND PERHAPS A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN WITH TRAINING ECHOS. 850-700MB FGEN BAND ATTEMPTS TO
FLARE UP PERIODICALLY WHICH ALSO RAISES ANOTHER FLAG DEPENDING ON THE
THERMAL PROFILE /HENCE THE WATCH THAT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT/.
FURTHER NORTHWEST INCLUDING THE CAPITAL REGION AND THE
DACKS...ENOUGH DRY AIR IS EXPECTED TO FILTER SOUTHWARD TO PRECLUDE
MUCH MENTION OF PRECIP THROUGH THE DAY /OUTSIDE OF CHANCE/.
MUCH FOCUS WAS PLACED ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND THANKS TO
HPC AND NEIGHBORING OFFICES FOR THE EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION THIS
MORNING. ALL SHORT RANGE AND GLOBAL MODELS ALMOST AGREE WITH THE
TRACK OF THIS SURFACE LOW WHICH TAKES IT FROM THE SOUTHEAST CONUS
UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND JUST OFFSHORE OF NJ OVERNIGHT
THURSDAY. 2D FGEN BAND INCREASES QUICKLY AND LINES UP ACROSS THE
CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...NW CT...BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN
VT. THERMAL PROFILES ALL SUGGEST THIS WILL BE A WINTRY MIXTURE
WITHIN THIS ENHANCED BAND BUT 06Z RUN OF THE NAM SUGGESTS THAT IT
MIGHT BE JUST WARM ENOUGH FOR MAINLY RAIN FOR THE MID HUDSON
VALLEY AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. IF THIS TREND HOLDS TRUE...WOULD
NEED TO ADJUST HEADLINES TOWARD A FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
FURTHER NORTH AND WEST...CROSS SECTIONS REVEAL THE USUAL FGEN
SLOPE EXTENDING INTO THE HEART OF THE CWA WITH A GOOD LAYER OF
NEGATIVE EPV WHICH INDICATES SLANTWISE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. IN
FACT...THE 06Z NAM SEEMS TO LATCH ONTO THIS IDEA WITH IMPRESSIVE
QPF AMOUNTS ACROSS THE CAPITAL REGION...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VT. THERMAL PROFILES FOR THESE
AREAS REMAIN RIGHT ALONG THE LINE OF PURE SNOW OR A WINTRY
MIXTURE. FURTHER NORTH AND WEST INTO THE DACKS AND MOHAWK
VALLEY...WHAT EVER DOES FALL SHOULD BE IN THE PURE FROZEN VARIETY.
SINCE THESE REASONS OF PLACING THE LINE FOR PURE SNOW TO WINTRY
MIXTURE REMAINS IN QUESTION...WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.
THIS STORM WILL QUICKLY DEEPEN AND TRACK INTO THE GULF OF MAINE
FRIDAY MORNING. DEFORMATION AXIS AND PERHAPS A MOHAWK VALLEY
CONVERGENCE BAND MAY ADD ADDITIONAL TOTALS FROM THE HUDSON RIVER
AND INTO ADJACENT NEW ENGLAND. PRECIP WILL QUICKLY END FROM WEST
TO EAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
WE UTILIZED A MOS BLEND OF TEMPERATURES WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER
VALUES FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND DUTCHESS COUNTY GIVEN
THE LATEST TRENDS OF THE 06Z NAM.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
NO CHANGES MADE FROM PREVIOUS LONG TERM GRIDS. BASICALLY...WITH THE
COASTAL LOW HAVING MOVED OUT OF THE PICTURE...THE WEEKEND STARTS OFF
WITH SLGT CHC AND DECREASING POPS FOR LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS. HIGH
PRESSURE QUICKLY BUILDS INTO THE PICTURE FROM THE SURFACE TO 500 MB
AND SETTLES ALONG THE COAST. AS A RESULT OF THIS PATTERN...LAKE
EFFECT WILL BE ABSENT AS THE FLOW WILL BE MAINLY SOUTHERLY. POPS
BEGIN TO INCREASE IN THE NORTHERNMOST ZONES ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF A
WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC. MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO BUILD IN AHEAD OF ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE... WITH ALL ZONES IN
SLGT CHC BY MON. BY THEN... THE LOW WILL BE TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM
THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES ACROSS EASTERN CANADA. THE MAIN COLD FRONT
WILL ENTER WESTERN NEW YORK STATE TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ALL ZONES
IN CHC CATEGORY. IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH OUR ENTIRE CWA LATE
TUESDAY...BUT LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ARKLATEX
AND START HEADING TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THIS WILL KEEP
OUR ZONES IN CHANCE THROUGH TUE NGT. PRECIP TYPE SHOULD BE MIXED OR
ALL RAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT EXCEPT IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS...AND THIS
SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW NORTH...WITH A WINTRY MIX SOUTH AS THE
MIDWEEK SYSTEM ROLLS IN. THIS WILL BE ONE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON.
WENT WITH HPC GUIDANCE. PARTIAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN AND DECREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT RADIATIONAL COOLING AND LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS AREA WIDE. SATURDAY WILL AVERAGE MOSTLY
SUNNY...BUT COLD...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SUNSHINE IN THE
ADIRONDACKS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS
THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ENSUES. THE MERCURY WILL TOP THE FREEZING MARK
JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ON SUNDAY...WITH MOSTLY LOWER AND MID 40S
OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
DROP BACK ABOUT 10 DEGREES OFF THE HIGHS SUN NGT AND MON NGT AS
NUMEROUS CLOUD BREAKS AND NOCTURNALLY LESSENING WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
THE HPC NUMBERS REFLECT GREATER AMPLITUDE THAN THE MEX AMONGST THE
DAY TO DAY HIGHS AND THE NGT TO NGT LOWS. AM IN AGREEMENT THAT BOTH
THE MEX HIGHS AND LOWS ARE PROBABLY WAY TOO LOW FROM SUNDAY ON.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AS THE COLD
FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH...CAUSING THE WIND SHIFT
EARLIER...CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EXPECTING WINTRY MIX
TURNING TO SNOW AT KGFL FIRST...AS COLD AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE
NORTH/NORTHWEST. -SNPL EXPECT BY 23Z AT KGFL...WHILE KALB CAN
EXPECT MOSTLY RAIN WITH SOME IPSN MIXING IN AROUND 02Z. KPOU WILL
EXPERIENCE -RA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.
A BREAK FROM PRECIP WILL OCCUR AT KGFL AND ONLY VCSH AT KALB
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...BEFORE THE FRONT LIFTS BACK
NORTHWARD. KPOU WILL NOT HAVE THIS BREAK...WITH CONTINUED -RAPL
INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT MORE NORTH WITH STRONG WINDS THROUGH
THE REST OF TODAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK...
THU...MVFR/IFR...WINTRY MIX.
FRI...MVFR/IFR...WINTRY MIX AM...-SN KALB NORTH/-RA SOUTH PM.
SAT-SUN...VFR...NO SIG WX.
SUN NT-MON...VFR/MVFR...SLGT CHC -RA IN VALLEYS AND -SN IN MTNS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT LATE THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...
EXPECT TO ISSUE FLOOD WATCH LATER TODAY FOR
GREENE...ULSTER...COLUMBIA AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES IN NEW
YORK...BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY
CONNECTICUT...
CURRENT RAINFALL AND AMOUNTS THROUGH TODAY SHOULD END UP BETWEEN
0.50 AND 1 INCH...WHICH COMBINED WITH SNOW MELT...WILL RESULT IN
MODERATE WITHIN BANK RISES ON MOST RIVERS AND STEMS. TEMPERATURES
WILL BEGIN TO COOL DOWN NORTH AND WEST OF ALBANY THIS AFTERNOON FOR
A TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIXTURE WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. THIS SETS
THE STAGE FOR THE SECOND PRECIPITATION EVENT OR THURSDAY/FRIDAY.
THIS SECOND EVENT MAY BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2+ INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
TO THE HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY.
PRECIPITATION TYPE IS IN QUESTION OVER ALL BUT THE ADIRONDACK REGION
WHERE ALL MODELS AGREE ON FROZEN PRECIPITATION. WHERE RAIN
FALLS...FLOODING WOULD PROBABLY OCCUR LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY DUE
TO WET CONDITIONS AND HIGH RIVER FLOWS FROM THE FIRST EVENT. FLOOD
WATCHES PROBABLY BE ISSUED FOR SOME OF THE AREA LATER TODAY ONCE THE
STORM TRACK AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES BECOME MORE CERTAIN. THE AREA
WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR FLOODING WOULD BE THE SOUTHEASTERN
CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY AND TACONICS IN NEW YORK...SOUTHERN
BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.
HERE AT ALBANY NY...WE MEASURED THE GROUND FROZEN TO A DEPTH OF 4
INCHES WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH ONLY THE TOP HALF INCH THAWED.
FROZEN GROUND MAY ENHANCE RUNOFF ON TODAY...LEADING TO SOME
URBAN/POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. RIVER ICE IS NOT THICK ENOUGH YET TO
CAUSE ANY SERIOUS ICE JAM THREAT.
FOR DETAILS ON THE RIVERS...PLEASE VISIT THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON OUR WEBSITE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY .
&&
.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR CTZ001-013.
NY...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NYZ032-
033-038>042-082-083.
MA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR MAZ001-025.
VT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR VTZ013>015.
&&
SYNOPSIS...BGM
NEAR TERM...JPV
SHORT TERM...BGM
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...KGS
HYDROLOGY...DIRIENZOHazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 4:47 AM EST, 11 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 447 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ043-047>054-058>061-063>066-084-VTZ013>015- 111200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 447 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...CAPITAL REGION...TACONICS AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIXTURE IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THAT MAY REQUIRE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ032-033-038>042-082-083-111200- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- SOUTHEAST WARREN- 447 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 3:51 PM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 351 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 NYZ032-033-038>040-047-082-102315- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 351 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...BLACK ICE COULD MAKE SOME ROADS VERY SLICK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS... WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND NORTHERN CATSKILLS THROUGH THE EVENING DRIVE... WET ROADS...THE RESULT OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE DAY...HAS TURNED TO BLACK ICE IN SOME LOCALITIES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND NORTHERN CATSKILLS. THE AIR TEMPERATURES HAS DROPPED TO OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF CAR ACCIDENTS NEAR THE HERKIMER UTICA BORDER DUE TO BLACK ICE. IN ADDITION...A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THE BLACK ICE WILL MAKE IT EVEN HARDER TO DETECT. IF DRIVING IN THIS AREA...BE PREPARED FOR HIGHLY CHANGEABLE ROADS. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW A LITTLE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:21 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 46 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Rensselaer and 5 more | 45 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.