The National Weather Service of Pittsburgh issued the following Urgent Winter Weather Message at 3:58 a.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2016:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
358 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016
MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…GROVE CITY…FRANKLIN…TIONESTA…CLARION…BROOKVILLE
358 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY…
* SNOW ACCUMULATION…3 TO 6 INCHES.
* PERIOD OF MOST SNOW…FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ENDING…EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES…WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS LATE AFTERNOON WITH LOWS 5 TO 10 TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN ZERO AND MINUS 5 WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.