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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

December 25, 201214 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:32 PM EST for 14 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. 1 report 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 25, 2012, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 27, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 26, 7:00 PM ESTSNOW 5Athens, NYFELL IN 3.5 HOURS AT ELEVATION 1450 FEET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

494 
WWUS41 KALY 252132
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
432 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-058-063-082>084-VTZ013>015-261100-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE-
WESTERN ULSTER-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...
ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...
PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
432 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM
EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY..EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION
  AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCRETION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
  LESS OF ICE...IS POSSIBLE IN THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. LATE WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT
  TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
  TO MIX IN AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
  THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-NYZ049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-261100-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...
CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...
HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...
ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...
AMENIA...MILLERTON
432 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...CAPITAL
  DISTRICT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH
  SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A CHANGE TO RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE MID
  HUDSON VALLEY..SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND A
  QUARTER INCH OF ICE OR LESS IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN
  TACONICS AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 2 TO 6 INCHES
  OF SNOW AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE IN THE MID HUDSON
  VALLEY...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN
  IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT
  TIMES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN BEFORE
  DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN
  END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS
  EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND
  NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS TRAVEL.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER
  TO MID 30S IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN TACONICS AND
  NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
  20S...WARMING TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE MID HUDSON
  VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
654 
WWUS41 KALY 252135 CCA
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
433 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-058-063-082>084-VTZ013>015-261115-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE-
WESTERN ULSTER-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...
ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...
PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
433 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM
EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY..EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION
  AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCRETION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
  LESS OF ICE...IS POSSIBLE IN THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. LATE WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT
  TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
  TO MIX IN AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
  THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-NYZ049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-261115-
/O.COR.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...
CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...
HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...
ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...
AMENIA...MILLERTON
433 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...CAPITAL
  DISTRICT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH
  SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A CHANGE TO RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE MID
  HUDSON VALLEY..SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND A
  QUARTER INCH OF ICE OR LESS IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN
  TACONICS AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 2 TO 6 INCHES
  OF SNOW AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE IN THE MID HUDSON
  VALLEY...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN
  IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT
  TIMES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN BEFORE
  DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN
  END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS
  EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND
  NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS TRAVEL.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
  WARMING TO THE LOWER TO MID 30S IN THE CAPITAL  DISTRICT...
  NORTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS.
  TEMPERATURES AROUND 30...WARMING TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE
  MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
552 
WWUS41 KALY 260931
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

MAZ001-025-NYZ049-050-052>054-061-262115-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...SCHENECTADY...
ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALBANY...
TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...CHATHAM
431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...CAPITAL DISTRICT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL
  TACONICS.

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH
  SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. A CHANGE TO RAIN IS
  POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12
  INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND OR JUST AFTER
  SUNSET...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY
  MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE
  ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BERKSHIRES AND TACONICS.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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>043-047-048-051-058-063-082>084-VTZ013>015-262115-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE-
WESTERN ULSTER-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...
ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...
PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY..EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION
  AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST
  AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCRETION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
  LESS OF ICE...IS POSSIBLE IN THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. LATE TONIGHT INTO
  THURSDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...HEAVY AT
  TIMES BY LATE TONIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
  TO MIX IN AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
  THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S
  TONIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-NYZ059-060-064>066-262115-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0019.121226T2100Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND
  NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS
  EVENING...BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND
  SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN
  THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN
  VALLEY REGIONS...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH...TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR.

* TIMING...A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW THIS
  EVENING...BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND
  SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN
  THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS TRAVEL.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH POSSIBLE
  ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S THIS EVENING...RISING INTO
  THE MID 30S THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
326 
WWUS41 KALY 261751
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1251 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058-061-063-082>084-
VTZ013>015-270400-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...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...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CHATHAM...
SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1251 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE
  GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
  TACONICS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. 

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH
  SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
  CAPITAL REGION. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 12
  INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN
  ADIRONDACKS...SOUTHERN GREENS...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS. 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ESPECIALLY
  SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...AND EAST INTO THE BERKSHIRES.
  ONLY A COATING TO PERHAPS A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE NORTH
  AND WEST.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2 
  INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND OR JUST AFTER
  SUNSET...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY
  MORNING...AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT 
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE 
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY 
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 4O TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE
  ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN GREENS...AND
  TACONICS.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-NYZ059-060-064>066-270400-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0019.121226T2100Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
1251 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND 
  NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE MIXING WITH AND
  CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION
  SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING
  BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IN
  THE VALLEY REGIONS...AND 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...ONE HALF TO INCH PER HOUR.

* TIMING...A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
  THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO
  FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE
  TO PLAIN RAIN THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW
  SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
  AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE
  ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND
  LITCHFIELD HILLS. 

* TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO LOWER 30S THIS EVENING...RISING INTO THE
  MID 30S THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
245 
WWUS41 KALY 262027
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
327 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

NYZ059-060-270600-
/O.UPG.KALY.WW.Y.0019.121226T2100Z-121228T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON
327 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENE AND WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW THIS EVENING...THEN MIXING WITH AND CHANGING
  TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
  CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...ONE HALF TO AN INCH PER HOUR.

* TIMING...A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION
  SHOULD MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER
  MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE.

* TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S THIS EVENING...RISING INTO THE
  LOWER 30S THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058-061-063-082>084-
VTZ013>015-270600-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...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...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CHATHAM...
SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
327 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE 
  GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND 
  CENTRAL TACONICS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...EASTERN 
  CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. 

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH
  SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM THE CAPITAL
  DISTRICT SOUTH AND EAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12
  INCHES IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
  WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES ELSEWHERE...BUT UP TO 20 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...
  SOUTHERN GREENS...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY FROM
  THE CAPITAL DISTRICT SOUTH AND EAST. LITTLE OR NO ICING
  EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2 
  INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN
  6 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX FROM THE CAPITAL DISTRICT SOUTH
  AND EAST BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL AS SNOW SHOWERS
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL LATE
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY 
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 4O TO 50 MPH
  POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN
  GREENS...AND TACONICS.

* TEMPERATURES...MID AND UPPER 20S RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-NYZ064>066-270600-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0019.121226T2100Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...
ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...
AMENIA...MILLERTON
327 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND 
  NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE MIXING WITH 
  AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. 
  PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN THURSDAY MORNING...
  BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE
  VALLEY REGIONS...AND 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...ONE HALF TO AN INCH PER HOUR.

* TIMING...A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING. THEN THE
  PRECIPITATION SHOULD MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND
  SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN
  THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH 
  POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN 
  TACONICS...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. 

* TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO LOWER 30S THIS EVENING...RISING INTO 
  THE MID 30S THURSDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
496 
WWUS41 KALY 270303
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1003 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-
VTZ013>015-271100-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...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...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...
GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...
CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1003 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE 
  GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND 
  CENTRAL TACONICS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...EASTERN 
  CATSKILLS... BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH 
  SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM THE CAPITAL 
  DISTRICT SOUTH AND EAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12
  INCHES IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...WITH
  8 TO 16 INCHES ELSEWHERE...BUT UP TO 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
  IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS... SOUTHERN
  GREENS...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING TO A TENTH OF AN
  INCH...ESPECIALLY FROM THE CAPITAL DISTRICT SOUTH AND EAST.
  LITTLE OR NO ICING EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CAPITAL
  DISTRICT.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 3
  INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR OVERNIGHT. 

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
  OVERNIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX FROM THE
  CAPITAL DISTRICT SOUTH AND EAST BEFORE DAYBREAK...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW
  SHOWERS AND FLURRIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT 
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL LATE 
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY 
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 4O TO 50 MPH 
  POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN 
  GREENS...AND TACONICS.

* TEMPERATURES...20S RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-NYZ064>066-271100-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...
ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...
AMENIA...MILLERTON
1003 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND 
  NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN
  AND SLEET SHORTLY BEFORE OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
  CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN OVERNIGHT... BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW
  SHOWERS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE
  VALLEY REGIONS...AND 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
  THE SOUTHERN TACONICS AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...ONE INCH PER HOUR INTO THE EARLY MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN
  AND SLEET SHORTLY BEFORE OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE
  TO PLAIN RAIN THURSDAY MORNING... BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW
  SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH 
  POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN 
  TACONICS...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS.

* TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO LOWER 30S...RISING INTO THE MID 30S THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$


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574 
WWUS41 KALY 270916
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
416 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-
VTZ013>015-272115-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...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...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...
GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...
CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
416 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE
  GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
  TACONICS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...EASTERN
  CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY
  MIXING WITH SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THIS MORNING
  ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND THE TACONICS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
  INCHES...EXCEPT 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WESTERN MOHAWK
  VALLEY...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SCHOHARIE
  VALLEY AND HELDERBERGS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE BERKSHIRES...TACONICS...AND
  VALLEY AREAS SOUTH OF ALBANY.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
  OF SNOW PER HOUR THROUGH NOONTIME...AND GENERALLY UNDER ONE INCH
  PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
  CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE SNOW
  WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
  AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH
  NOONTIME IN MOST AREAS...EXCEPT FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND
  HELDERBERGS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL THROUGH
  THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY 
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
  MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-NYZ064>066-272115-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...
ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...
AMENIA...MILLERTON
416 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND 
  NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
  RAIN...CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW BY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND
  SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY NOONTIME...WITH THE GREATEST
  AMOUNTS ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING...TO UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR EARLY THIS
  MORNING...OTHERWISE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING
  MID MORNING. A FEW PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION
  ARE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATER
  THIS MORNING...BEFORE ENDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR 
  DANGEROUS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
  MPH...STRONGEST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
665 
WWUS41 KALY 271705
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1205 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012

CTZ001-013-NYZ064>066-271815-
/O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...
ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...
AMENIA...MILLERTON
1205 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN
TACONICS...AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.

THE ADVISORY IS CANCELED. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL BE LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
DUSTING TO A HALF AN INCH. 

$$

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-
VTZ013>015-280000-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...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...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...
GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...
CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...
BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1205 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE
  GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
  TACONICS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES
  AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...EXCEPT
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER THE BERKSHIRES...AND SOUTHERN
  VERMONT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES IN THE
  MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
  INCHES... EXCEPT 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE
  BERKSHIRES AND THE NORTHERN TACONICS.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF A HALF AN
  INCH TO AN INCH AN HOUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE BERKSHIRES AND
  SOUTHERN VERMONT.

* TIMING...THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
  MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR
  TREACHEROUS TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON.

* VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY 
  SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
  POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
349 
WWUS41 KALY 272025
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
325 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012

NYZ032-033-038>040-047-048-051-058-059-063-082-272130-
/O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-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...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...SUNDOWN...
ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...
PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
325 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HERKIMER...HAMILTON...FULTON...MONTGOMERY...
SCHOHARIE...WESTERN SCHENECTADY...WESTERN ALBANY...GREENE AND WESTERN
ULSTER COUNTIES.

SNOW HAS ENDED OR BECOME VERY LIGHT ACROSS THIS REGION...SO THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING AND MAY PRODUCE A DUSTING TO
HALF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION.

$$

MAZ001-025-NYZ041>043-049-050-052>054-060-061-083-084-VTZ013>015-
280000-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...SARATOGA SPRINGS...
WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...
BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALBANY...TROY...
HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
325 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...WARREN...SARATOGA...WASHINGTON...ALBANY...WESTERN
  SCHENECTADY...RENSSELAER...COLUMBIA...BERKSHIRE...BENNINGTON AND
  WINDHAM COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. THE SNOW WILL
  TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4
  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING. THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER
  SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE BERKSHIRES AND THE NORTHERN TACONICS.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF A HALF 
  AN INCH TO AN INCH AN HOUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE BERKSHIRES 
  AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. 

* TIMING...THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS BY
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR 
  TREACHEROUS TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON. 

* VISIBILITIES...OCCASIONALLY BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE MILE IN
  MODERATE SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 
  MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
093 
WWUS41 KALY 280005
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
705 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012


MAZ001-025-NYZ041>043-049-050-052>054-060-061-083-084-VTZ013>015-
280115-
/O.EXP.KALY.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...SARATOGA SPRINGS...
WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...
BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALBANY...TROY...
HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
705 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WARREN...SARATOGA...WASHINGTON...
ALBANY...WESTERN SCHENECTADY...RENSSELAER...COLUMBIA...BERKSHIRE...
BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED.

SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND LITTLE IF ANY
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

$$

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Sources

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