Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:30 AM EST for 13 counties in Pennsylvania; Brooke County, Hancock County, Ohio County, West Virginia; 10 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. 60 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 25, 2012, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 11:17 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
All 26 counties
Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Ohio County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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 26, 8:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Mcmurray, PA | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Bellaire, OH | |
| Dec 26, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Pitcairn, PA | |
| Dec 26, 9:45 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Mcmurray, PA | |
| Dec 26, 10:04 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Hopwood, PA | |
| Dec 26, 10:08 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Norwich, OH | HEAVY SNOW |
| Dec 26, 10:17 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Washington, PA | HEAVY SNOW HAS BEGUN FALLING |
| Dec 26, 10:20 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Mount Washington, PA | |
| Dec 26, 10:21 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Scottdale, PA | |
| Dec 26, 10:37 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Greensburg, PA | SLEET MIXED WITH THE SNOW |
| Dec 26, 10:46 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Columbiana, OH | SNOW FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR |
| Dec 26, 10:54 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Wellsville, OH | SNOW FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. |
| Dec 26, 11:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Smithfield, PA | |
| Dec 26, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Penn Hills, PA | THIN GLAZE OF ICE UNDERNEATH THE SNOW. |
| Dec 26, 11:15 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Roswell, OH | SINCE 9AM |
| Dec 26, 11:16 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | New Cumberland, OH | |
| Dec 26, 11:16 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Princeton, PA | |
| Dec 26, 11:19 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | West Homestead, PA | |
| Dec 26, 11:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Neshannock, PA | |
| Dec 26, 11:22 AM EST | SNOW 2 | O'Hara Township, PA | |
| Dec 26, 11:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.3 | Punxsutawney, PA | FROM 1030AM TO 1130AM |
| Dec 26, 11:36 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Farmington, PA | SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET CURRENTLY |
| Dec 26, 11:52 AM EST | SNOW 2.3 | Carnegie, PA | CURRENTLY SLEET MIXED WITH LITTLE SNOW |
| Dec 26, 11:54 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 6 Se Salem, OH | |
| Dec 26, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Nw Latrobe, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:04 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.3 | Wellsville, OH | |
| Dec 26, 12:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Fernway, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:07 PM EST | SNOW 2.3 | Wellsville, OH | SLEET OCCURRING ONCE AGAIN. |
| Dec 26, 12:12 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Greenfield, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:16 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | West View, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:17 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Dellroy, OH | |
| Dec 26, 12:21 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Strasburg, OH | |
| Dec 26, 12:22 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 1 Nnw Carnot-Moon, PA | SNOW AND SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING |
| Dec 26, 12:29 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Fox Chapel, PA | CHANGED OVER TO SLEET |
| Dec 26, 12:29 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Fox Chapel, PA | SNOW DEPTH. CHANGED OVER TO SLEET |
| Dec 26, 12:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Carrick, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Princeton, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:37 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Weirton, WV | |
| Dec 26, 12:41 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.3 | Fernway, PA | 1.2 INCHES IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES |
| Dec 26, 12:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Ne Washington, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:47 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 2 E Malvern, OH | CURRENTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING |
| Dec 26, 12:47 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 E Malvern, OH | SNOW DEPTH. CURRENTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING |
| Dec 26, 12:47 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Beaver Falls, PA | MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW |
| Dec 26, 12:50 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Natrona Heights, PA | |
| Dec 26, 12:50 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Neshannock, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Steubenville, OH | |
| Dec 26, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | O'Hara Township, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Finleyville, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:08 PM EST | SNOW 3 | New Beaver, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:10 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.8 | Mccandless Township, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:15 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 N Shields, PA | SNOW AND SLEET ONGOING |
| Dec 26, 1:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Leechburg, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Heidelberg, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Beaver, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | West View, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:21 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Franklin, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Cooperstown, PA | FROM 1130AM TO 130PM |
| Dec 26, 1:30 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Mount Washington, PA | SLEET FALLING. |
| Dec 26, 1:32 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Perrysville, PA | |
| Dec 26, 1:33 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | New Philadelphia, OH | CURRENTLY FREEZING RAIN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752 WWUS41 KPBZ 250930 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 430 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 MDZ001-WVZ023-041-251730- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.121226T0300Z-121227T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 430 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * HAZARD TYPE...BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-251730- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.121226T0300Z-121227T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1200Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 430 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-012-021-022-251730- /O.EXB.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG... FAIRDALE...UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 430 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. A PERIOD OF SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A PERIOD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATION MAY SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. PREPARE FOR WINTER WEATHER AND MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOMEPAGE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA. && $$ OHZ049-050-057>059-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 251730- /O.EXT.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-BUTLER-BEAVER- ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...BUTLER... ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE...MONACA... BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...FORD CITY... LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA...WASHINGTON... CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI...MONONGAHELA... MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...JEANNETTE...LATROBE... MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION... NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON...OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON... BETHANY...WHEELING 430 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. IN THE RIDGES OF WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL OF UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. PREPARE FOR WINTER WEATHER AND MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOMEPAGE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA. && $$
10 follow-up statements
211 WWUS41 KPBZ 251710 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1210 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 MDZ001-WVZ023-041-260115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 1210 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * HAZARD TYPE...BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-260115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1200Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 1210 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ049-050-057>059-068-069-PAZ014-020>023-029-031-073>076- WVZ001>004-012-021-022-260115- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE- BUTLER-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE- WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK- BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL... WOODSFIELD...BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS... AMBRIDGE...MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING... FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI... MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE...GREENSBURG... NEW KENSINGTON...JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER... DONEGAL...NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...UNIONTOWN... CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON... OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 1210 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. IN THE RIDGES OF WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL OF UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. PREPARE FOR WINTER WEATHER AND MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOMEPAGE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA. && $$
954 WWUS41 KPBZ 252015 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 315 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 OHZ049-050-057>059-068-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 260415- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL... BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE... MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING... FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI... MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON... JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON... OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 315 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE RIDGES OF WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM MID WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. * VISIBILITIES...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT SLEET IS LIKELY TO SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-WVZ023-041-260415- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 315 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-260415- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1200Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 315 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-012-021-022-260415- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WS.A.0006.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...MOUNDSVILLE... NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 315 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CHANGE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF ALL RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ WM
533 WWUS41 KPBZ 260240 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 940 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 MDZ001-WVZ023-041-261045- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 940 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-261045- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1200Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 940 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ049-050-057>059-068-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 261045- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL... BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE... MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING... FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI... MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON... JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON... OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 940 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE RIDGES OF WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM MID WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. * VISIBILITIES...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-012-021-022-261045- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...MOUNDSVILLE... NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 940 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING... AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CHANGE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF ALL RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
718 WWUS41 KPBZ 260741 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 241 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 MDZ001-WVZ023-041-261545- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 241 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY AROUND 5 AM THIS MORNING...AND MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-261545- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1200Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 241 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A FOOT OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN COSHOCTON...TUSCARAWAS...CARROLL... COLUMBIANA...AND MERCER COUNTIES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN OHIO LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN ROUGHLY 5 AND 7 AM THIS MORNING IN OHIO...AND 9 AM AND NOON IN PENNSYLVANIA. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN OHIO...AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN PENNSYLVANIA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ049-050-057>059-068-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 261545- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL... BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE... MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING... FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI... MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON... JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON... OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 241 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES FROM ZANESVILLE TO BUTLER TO INDIANA...AND 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM WHEELING TO PITTSBURGH TO GREENSBURG WHERE SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN. FARTHER SOUTH...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE MORE LIKELY TO MIX IN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN NOBLE...BELMONT...OHIO... WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN WESTMORELAND...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID-MORNING. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM MID-MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. * VISIBILITIES...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-012-021-022-261545- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.121226T1000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...MOUNDSVILLE... NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 241 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CHANGE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF ALL RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
666 WWUS41 KPBZ 261508 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1008 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 MDZ001-WVZ023-041-262315- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 1008 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...AND MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-262315- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 1008 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN OHIO...TAPERING OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIES SNOW IN PENNSYLVANIA WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON...TAPERING OFF BY LATE EVENING. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ049-050-057>059-068-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 262315- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL... BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE... MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING... FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI... MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON... JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON... OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 1008 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES FROM ZANESVILLE TO BUTLER TO INDIANA...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM WHEELING TO PITTSBURGH TO GREENSBURG WHERE SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN. FARTHER SOUTH...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE MORE LIKELY TO MIX IN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WHERE FREEZING RAIN PERSISTS...WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IN THE RIDGES OF FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE MOST FREEZING RAIN OCCURS IN THE RIDGES OF FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. * VISIBILITIES...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-012-021-022-262315- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...MOUNDSVILLE... NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 1008 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CHANGE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF ALL RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ WM
813 WWUS41 KPBZ 261539 AAA WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1039 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 PAZ075-262345- /O.UPG.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE... POINT MARION 1039 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN SNOW AND SLEET. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY ALSO FALL DUR TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-WVZ023-041-262345- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 1039 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...AND MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-262345- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 1039 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN OHIO... TAPERING OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIES SNOW IN PENNSYLVANIA WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON...TAPERING OFF BY LATE EVENING. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ049-050-057>059-068-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-076-WVZ001>003- 262345- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL... BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE... MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING... FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI... MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON... JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON... OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 1039 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES FROM ZANESVILLE TO BUTLER TO INDIANA...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM WHEELING TO PITTSBURGH TO GREENSBURG WHERE SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN. FARTHER SOUTH...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE MORE LIKELY TO MIX IN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WHERE FREEZING RAIN PERSISTS...WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IN THE RIDGES OF FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE MOST FREEZING RAIN OCCURS IN THE RIDGES OF FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. * VISIBILITIES...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-WVZ004-012-021-022-262345- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 1039 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. THE WINTRY MIX MAY CHANGE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF ALL RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ WM
365 WWUS41 KPBZ 261750 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1250 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 MDZ001-WVZ023-041-270200- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 1250 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...AND WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048-PAZ007>009-013-015-016-270200- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- LAWRENCE-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY 1250 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ACROSS OHIO...AND THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AS WELL. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ049-050-057>059-068-PAZ014-020>023-029-073>076-WVZ001>003- 270200- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BUTLER- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE... ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE... BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL... BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE... MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING... FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA... WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI... MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON... JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL... NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE... POINT MARION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON...OHIOPYLE... MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING 1250 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL AVERAGES OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WHERE FREEZING RAIN PERSISTS...WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IN FAYETTE AND THE RIDGES OF WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY BY LATE AFTERNOON. VERY LIGHT SNOW OR POSSIBLY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE MOST FREEZING RAIN OCCURS IN THE RIDGES OF FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. * VISIBILITIES...A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-WVZ004-012-021-022-270200- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 1250 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. VERY LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ WM
780 WWUS41 KPBZ 262059 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 359 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-270500- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON...HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY... GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY...FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK... TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY...BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY... KITTANNING...FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA 359 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 10 INCHES. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A WINTRY MIX MAY LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL LIGHT SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHERE FREEZING RAIN PERSISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-PAZ020-021-029-073>076-WVZ001>003- 270500- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON- WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK- BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...CADIZ... HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE... SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS... AMBRIDGE...MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...WASHINGTON... CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI...MONONGAHELA... MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...JEANNETTE...LATROBE... MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION... UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...NORMALVILLE... FARMINGTON...OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY... WHEELING 359 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...AVERAGE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL STILL BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW...AND ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-WVZ023-041-270500- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 359 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES. * HAZARD TYPE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE THE MIX CHANGES TO ALL LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-WVZ004-012-021-022-270500- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 359 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW WILL BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL LIGHT SNOW LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ WM
574 WWUS41 KPBZ 270158 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 858 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-271000- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON...HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY... GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY...FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK... TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY...BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY... KITTANNING...FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA 858 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...CONTINUED SNOW AND POSSIBLE FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 10 INCHES. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW CAN CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-PAZ020-021-029-073>076-WVZ001>003- 271000- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON- WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK- BROOKE-OHIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...CADIZ... HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE... SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL...ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS... AMBRIDGE...MONACA...BEAVER...PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...WASHINGTON... CANONSBURG...DONORA...CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI...MONONGAHELA... MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...JEANNETTE...LATROBE... MONESSEN...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION... UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...NORMALVILLE... FARMINGTON...OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY... WHEELING 858 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...CONTINUED SNOW AND POSSIBLE FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW CAN CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ MDZ001-WVZ023-041-271000- /O.CON.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD... TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 858 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES. * HAZARD TYPE...CONTINUED SNOW AND POSSIBLE FREEZING DRIZZLE. * TIMING...SNOW CAN CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS...COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. VISIBILITY CAN BE REDUCED BY SNOWFALL AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-WVZ004-012-021-022-271000- /O.CON.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 858 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLE FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW CAN CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW FALL AND POSSIBLE FREEZING DRIZZLE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. && $$
957 WWUS41 KPBZ 270417 WSWPBZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1117 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT ALL OF THE SNOW AND ICE TO THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST... MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-073>076-WVZ001>003-023-041-270530- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MERCER-VENANGO- FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-PRESTON-TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE... NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER...UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON... EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA...EAST PALESTINE... WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...CADIZ...HOPEDALE... STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE...MARTINS FERRY... ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE...SHADYSIDE... BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL...SHARON...HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY... GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY...FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK... TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY...BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE... CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY... ALIQUIPPA...BEAVER FALLS...AMBRIDGE...MONACA...BEAVER... PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...FORD CITY...LEECHBURG... FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA...WASHINGTON...CANONSBURG...DONORA... CALIFORNIA...CHARLEROI...MONONGAHELA...MCMURRAY...GREENSBURG... NEW KENSINGTON...JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...LIGONIER... DONEGAL...NEW FLORENCE...ACME...CHAMPION...UNIONTOWN... CONNELLSVILLE...POINT MARION...NORMALVILLE...FARMINGTON... OHIOPYLE...MARKLEYSBURG...WEIRTON...BETHANY...WHEELING... KINGWOOD...TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 1117 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH. $$ OHZ069-PAZ031-WVZ004-012-021-022-270530- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121227T1100Z/ MONROE-GREENE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSFIELD...WAYNESBURG...FAIRDALE... MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE...FAIRMONT...MORGANTOWN 1117 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 25, 1:49 AM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 1:49 AM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
149 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
LINGERING LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO
PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE EXITS NORTHEAST. AFTER A DRY
BREAK CHRISTMAS DAY...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COME
NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS AND BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW
AND ICE TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
PER RECENT SURFACE AND RADAR DATA...HAVE CONTINUED TREND OF
DECREASING COVERAGE OF LIGHT DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. MAINTAINED MENTION
OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES
HAVE SLIPPED BELOW 32. HAVE ALSO MAINTAINED MENTION OF PATCHY FOG.
WITH RUC AND NAM MODEL PROFILES SHOWING CLOUD TOPS DECREASING AND
HENCE CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES WARMING TO WARMER THAN -10C...THE
FALLING PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIQUID DRIZZLE. IF BY CHANCE THERE
IS ANY SNOW IT WOULD BE LIKE FINE SNOW GRAINS. EITHER WAY IT WOULD
BE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE.
HAVE MAINTAINED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...BUT EXPECT TO
DISCONTINUE IT BY THE MIDNIGHT HOUR.
FORECASTED TEMPERATURES TO EITHER BE STEADY OVERNIGHT OR DROP BY
NO MORE THAN 2 DEGREES. EXPECT SOME TEMPERATURE CLIMB FOR DAYTIME
CHRISTMAS...BUT RECENT GFS LAMP AND NAM MOS AND SREF MODEL OUTPUT
HAVE TRENDED WITH COOLER HIGHS THAN EARLIER GUIDANCE. STILL THE
DAY SHOULD BE DRY AND DECENT FOR TRAVEL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
COMPACT BUT POTENT TROF THAT WILL BE YIELDING SVR WX IN THE DEEP
SOUTH WILL LIFT NEWD TUE NGT. COLD AIR WILL BE DRAWN SWD AS THE
ASSOCIATED WMFNT SHARPENS. WARM ADVCTN AT H8 WILL YIELD WDSPRD
PCPN BY WED MRNG.
FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL INCR DRAMATICALLY DURG THE DAY ON WED AS
DIFFLUENCE ALOFT STRENGTHENS AHEAD OF APRCHG UPR LOW. IT IS VERY
CLR THAT A LOT OF PCPN WILL OCCUR. THE PRIMARY FCST DIFFICULTY IS
IDENTIFYING THE NWD EXTENT OF THE H8 WARM TONGUE.
EXPECTATION IS THAT THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT FROM RAIN TO
FRZG RAIN TO SNOW ACRS FCST AREA. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN SNOW
MEETING WRNG CRITERION /IN EXCESS OF 6 IN PER 12 HR/ IN NRN PA
AND OH ZONES OWING TO VERY STRONG ASCENT IN DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH
ZONE...SPCLY WED AFTN. DURG THIS TIME...SNOW RATES COULD BE QUITE
SGFNT IN I-80/I-79 CORRIDOR.
CONFIDENCE IS ALSO MDT THAT THERE WILL BE SGFNT ICE ACCUM IN MTN
ZONES...WHERE COLD AIR STAGNATES IN VLYS. ICE ACCUMS IN EXCESS OF
ONE-QUARTER INCH ARE PSBL.
FCST HAS LWR CONFIDENCE IN WHERE THE LINE BTWN RAIN AND FRZG RAIN
WILL ESTABLISH ITSELF. CLIMATOLOGY AND MODELS ALL SUGGEST THIS
LINE WILL BE NEAR AND SW FROM PITTSBURGH. ICE ACCUMS STILL XPCD IN
THESE LOCATIONS...BUT ATTM ARE XPCD TO RMN BLW WRNG THRESHOLD.
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF FCST AREA FROM
26/03Z TO 27/11Z. BY WED NGT...RGN WILL BE ON WRN SIDE OF THE
LOW...AND ANY PCPN WILL BE GENERATED/ENHANCED BY MODEST FLOW FROM
THE GRTLKS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMS PSBL WED NGT...BUT SHOULD BE LWR IN
MAGNITUDE THAN WED AFTN.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
HIPRES AND ASSOCIATED H5 RDG WILL MOVE ACRS FCST AREA ON FRI BUT
WILL BE TRANSIENT OWING TO APRCHG WAVES FROM NRN PLNS AND SRN
CONUS. WAVES ATTEMPT TO PHASE ON SAT/SUN...WITH ASSOCIATED PCPN
XPCD TO BE FOCUSED IN SRN ZONES. COLD AIR WILL BE SOLIDLY IN
PLACE...SO ANY PCPN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW.
ANOTHER WAVE XPCD TO GENERATE COASTAL LOPRES BY NEW YRS EVE.
DIFFERENCES IN AMPLITUDE OF THE UPR WAVE EXIST BTWN ECMWF AND GFS.
ATTM...ONLY LMTD IMPACT XPCD TO FCST AREA FROM THIS SYSTEM.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
DRIZZLE COVER HAS CONTINUED TO DECLINE INTO THE EARLY AM
HOURS...WITH NO SITE NOW REPORTING IT. OTERHWISE...LIFR STRATUS
CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...THOUGH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN
VISIBILITY HAS BEEN NOTED. STATISTICAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS
VISIBILITIES SHOULD COME UP A BIT AS DEEPER SURFACE LAYER MOISTURE
STARTS TO EXIT THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...AFTER SUNRISE...MODEL TIME
HEIGHT SECTIONS INDICATE SOME BREAKUP OF THE STRATUS. MOST SITES
SHOULD TREND TOWARD MVFR BY AFTERNOON WITH RATHER LIGHT WINDS
THROUGHOUT.
.OUTLOOK.../TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MVFR RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH IFR RESTRICTIONS
LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SN/+SN. SOME AREAS SOUTH OF KPIT
MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO ZR/IP...HOWEVER BEHIND THE SNOW
BAND...DZ/FZDZ MAY BE THE PREDOMINANT WEATHER TYPE. DURATION OF
+SN SHOULD BE LONGEST FROM NORTH OF KZZV TO KPHD...KFKL...AND
KDUJ. FRIES
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR MDZ001.
OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059.
PA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073-074-076.
WV...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR WVZ001>003-023-041.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:02 PM EST, 11 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 502 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029-073- WVZ001>003-252215- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER- CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON- WESTMORELAND-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- 502 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING MOSTLY SNOW TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW...BUT THE LATEST FORECASTS SHOW THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ACCUMULATION OF AT LEAST 6 INCHES. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK AND HOW MUCH WARM AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ074-076-252215- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES- 502 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW...BUT THE LATEST FORECASTS SHOW THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ICE ACCUMULATION OF AT LEAST ONE-QUARTER INCH. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK AND HOW MUCH WARM AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ001-WVZ023-041-252215- GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- 502 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW...BUT THE LATEST FORECASTS SHOW THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ICE ACCUMULATION OF AT LEAST ONE-QUARTER INCH. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK AND HOW MUCH WARM AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ068-069-PAZ031-075-WVZ004-012-021-022-252215- NOBLE-MONROE-GREENE-FAYETTE-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 502 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW...BUT THE LATEST FORECASTS SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR MEASURABLE ICE ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK AND HOW MUCH WARM AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KRAMAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 32 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012
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.