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WWUS41 KBUF 110816
WSWBUF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013

NYZ019>021-110930-
/O.CAN.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T1200Z-130412T0300Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. 

RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT IT NOW APPEARS
THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT A FREEZING
RAIN THREAT.

$$

NYZ006>008-111630-
/O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T2200Z-130412T1500Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

* HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION AN INCH OR LESS. ICE
  ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY
  MIX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.

REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING
TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG
BUFWX

&&

$$

NYZ001>005-010>014-085-111630-
/O.CON.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0300Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...
CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
416 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN 
  FINGER LAKES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR
  LESS...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREE BRANCHES OR 
  POWER LINES.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES
AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS
ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE
DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.

REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING
TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG
BUFWX

&&

$$

TMA




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