Local Weather Alert

… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY… … WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY… * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS… 6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING… SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD LATE MORNING AND START FALLING AT RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS… TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF VERY LOW VISIBILITY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING RUSH HOUR WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. * WINDS… NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES… FALLING THROUGH THE 20S. * WIND CHILL… AS LOW AS 10 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS LATER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW BLOWING BACK ONTO PREVIOUSLY PLOWED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS… MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.  

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… SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY BITTERLY COLD AIR… .A FAST MOVING BUT POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO OUR ENTIRE AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS TO OUR EAST LATER TODAY… THE WINDS WILL INCREASE RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO EXIT… BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SETTLE IN TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.