CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Clarion County and the surrounding areas.
The following message was issued by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh on November 26, 2013 at 7:56 a.m.:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
756 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-HANCOCK-BROOKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NEW PHILADELPHIA…CARROLLTON…SALEM…COSHOCTON…CADIZ…STEUBENVILLE…ZANESVILLE…CAMBRIDGE…NEW CASTLE…BUTLER…CLARION…BROOKVILLE…BEAVER…PITTSBURGH METRO AREA…KITTANNING…WEIRTON…BETHANY
756 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY…
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…5 TO 9 INCHES…EXCEPT 4 TO 6 INCHES IN SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY OHIO…SOUTHERN BROOKE…SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHENEY…AND SOUTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTIES.
* SNOW BEGINNING…LIGHT SNOW HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED. STEADIER SNOW WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE THIS MORNING.
* PERIOD OF POSSIBLE TRANSITION…SNOW MAY MIX OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR RAIN FOR A PERIOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON…BROOKE… ALLEGHENY.. AND ARMSTRONG COUNTIES. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW OVERNIGHT.
* PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW…TONIGHT.
* SNOW ENDING…WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION.
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.