Winter Storm Warning Remains in Effect; 6 to 10 Inches of Snow Expected for Jefferson County

snow1[1]JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. – A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Jefferson County and surrounding areas.

The National Weather Service of Pittsburgh issued the following URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSSAGE at 11:18 a.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2015:

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
3:05 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON COUNTIES

424 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY…

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…6 to 10 INCHES.

* PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW…SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT…AND
PERHAPS TO ALL RAIN FOR A TIME…BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL
SNOW MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ENDING…MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT AT ALL…USE
EXTREME CAUTION. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING…412-262-1988…POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH
FACEBOOK PAGE…OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.

Dustin Kifer also contributed to this article.


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