THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...AND WESTERN POCONOS.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THE MID MORNING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THURSDAY EVENING...WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS AND SLOWED TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TIMES OF POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING ...BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF PLANNING TO TRAVEL. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX.