The National Weather Service of Pittsburgh issued the following urgent winter weather message at 2:52 p.m. on Sunday, December 27, 2015:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
252 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2015
GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-
FAYETTE RIDGES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…OAKLAND MD…FRANKLIN…TIONESTA…
CLARION…BROOKVILLE…LIGONIER…DONEGAL…CHAMPION…OHIOPYLE
252 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2015
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATION…UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* ICE BEGINNING…LATE AFTERNOON MONDAY…MIXED WITH SLEET.
* PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE ICE…MONDAY EVENING.
* ICE ENDING…AROUND MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…LIGHT AMOUNTS OF ICE MAY MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS HAZARDOUS. USE EXTREME CAUTION AS AREAS THAT LOOK WET MAY BE ICED OVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.