At 4:15am, Friday, The National Weather Service issued the following message:
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST
SNOW WITH RAPID ACCUMULATION RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
WILL BE FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF SATURDAY NIGHT AND END BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT AND
MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES
This alert also includes Berks, Carbon, Lebanon, and Dauphin counties and those in Southern Pennsylvania.
This alert also includes Berks, Carbon, Lebanon, and Dauphin counties and those in Southern Pennsylvania.