The following advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday, February 15, 2016, at 6:32 a.m.:
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
632 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016
MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…GROVE CITY…FRANKLIN…TIONESTA…
NEW CASTLE…BUTLER…CLARION…BROOKVILLE…KITTANNING…
INDIANA…LIGONIER…DONEGAL…CHAMPION…OHIOPYLE
632 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY…
* ICE ACCUMULATION…A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION…1 TO 3 INCHES.
* SNOW/ICE BEGINNING…FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD OVER THE REGION STARTING
EARLY AFTERNOON…CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW/ICE…MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING.
* SNOW/ICE ENDING…PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH AND CHANGE TO
RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO
SNOW…SLEET AND ICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS.