Sunday, January 11, 2015

Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Tonight into Monday

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Schuylkill County and the surrounding counties.


WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. *

ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 1 INCH WITH A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * 

TIMING...THE WINTRY MIX WILL START DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND BECOME MOST INTENSE INTO MIDDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN OR TAPERING OFF BY AFTERNOON. *

IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. EXPECT SOME DELAYS FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 

The advisory covers the following counties and cities

SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET- BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND- COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK- LANCASTER-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA... HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG...LEWISBURG... SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG... BERWICK...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON... CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER