Winter Storm Warning Tuesday into Wednesday

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A Winter Storm Warning has been issued from 11 am Tuesday through 5 pm Wednesday.

8-12" snow can be expected, with most of the snow falling Tuesday afternoon/evening.
Wednesday can be a mix of snow/sleet.


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
300 PM EST MON DEC 8 2014

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...
TICONDEROGA...JOHNSON...STOWE...MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...
VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...
BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
300 PM EST MON DEC 8 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
TUESDAY TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...AS WELL AS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION.

* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW...ALONG WITH
AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...MAINLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE
AREA TUESDAY AND BECOME HEAVY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. HEAVY SNOW WILL LIGHTEN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...MIXING WITH RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES
ESPECIALLY ACROSS VERMONT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITIES WILL DROP SHARPLY IN THE HEAVY
SNOW. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY ALSO
LEAD TO POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S...AND LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES TUESDAY
NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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