Winter Storm Warning (Venango)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
852 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2016
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MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON...HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...
OIL CITY...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA...CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...
BROOKVILLE
852 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY...
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR GREATER.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW ON TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD PRODUCE NUMEROUS OUTAGES. BITTER
WIND CHILLS MAY PRODUCE FROSTBITE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
THE COLD.
* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE BY CALLING 412-262-1988... POSTING TO
THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE... OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH