Winter Storm Warning-Eastern Half of Vermont

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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Eastern Half of
Vermont including Washington County from 7:00 pm Thursday to 7:00 pm Friday. A mix
of snow/sleet and freezing rain is expected. Signigicant Icing is possible.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
330 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012

VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-262100-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0002.120127T0000Z-120128T0000Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...
SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION
330 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN VERMONT

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND
TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY
MORNING. RAIN AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING TO RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SIGNIFICANT
ICING POSSIBLE. THIS MAY LEAD TO TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE
RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S
TONIGHT...THEN LATE DAY HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S ON FRIDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...LOCALLY BELOW 1 MILE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS WITH NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL DISCOURAGED.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.