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WWUS41 KBUF 110213
WSWBUF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

NYZ019>021-111015-
/O.EXT.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T1200Z-130412T0300Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM EDT
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN TIER. FREEZING RAIN MOST LIKELY INLAND 
  FROM THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 86. 

* TIMING...THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THROUGH
  THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY ON THURSDAY MORNING AND
  AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING.

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

&&

$$

NYZ001>005-010>014-085-111015-
/O.EXT.KBUF.ZR.Y.0002.130411T0800Z-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
1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM EDT
THURSDAY...

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

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH LATE THROUGH
  THURSDAY EVENING. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INLAND
  FROM THE LAKES AND GENESEE VALLEY WESTWARD ACROSS THE NIAGARA
  FRONTIER.

* IMPACTS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND 
  POWERLINES. ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME ICY THURSDAY MORNING 
  AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. 

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

&&

$$

NYZ006>008-111015-
/O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0012.130411T1200Z-130412T1500Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
1013 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO
11 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

* HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON
  THE TUG HILL...AND LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS.
  ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE THROUGH FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM THE WINTRY
  MIX THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING.

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

&&

$$

APFFEL




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