Winter Weather Advisory for Wyoming, Catt, Allegany Tues Eve/Wed AM

(Buffalo) -- A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Wyoming, Cattauraugus, and Allegany counties between Tuesday 6pm and Wednesday 6pm.  The agency is expecting 3-6 inches of snow, sleet, and freezing rain Tuesday night and another 2 inches on Wednesday for total accumulation of 4-7 inches for elevations above 1,600 feet.   The full notice is listed below. 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
143 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2013
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WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...

OLEAN...WELLSVILLE

143 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

.. LOCATIONS...WYOMING...CATTARAUGUS...ALLEGANY...LIVINGSTON...AND

ONTARIO COUNTIES.

.. TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

.. HAZARDS...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.

.. ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT AND UP TO 2 INCHES WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1600 FEET. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TOTAL.

.. WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.. IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE WET SNOW COULD ALSO WEIGH DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SOME ISOLATED MINOR DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.