We're under a winter storm warning overnight through Saturday morning. Timing and snow totals depend on where you are, and so The National Weather Service has issued the following statements.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
704 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
NYZ001-002-010-011-081500-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA
704 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
...WINTER STORM DETAILS FOR THE NIAGARA FRONTIER...
AT 7 AM SNOW CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NIAGARA
FRONTIER...HAVING REACHED BOTH THE CITIES OF NIAGARA
FALLS...BUFFALO...LOCKPORT AND MEDINA. A FEW POCKETS OF SLEET WILL
CONTINUE TO MIX WITH THE SNOW THIS MORNING.
FOR THOSE TRAVELING THIS MORNING THERE WILL BE POOR VISIBILITIES
WITHIN THE SNOW AND DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS. GREATEST SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH LATE MORNING WILL BE ACROSS NIAGARA
AND ORLEANS COUNTIES WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
BY NOONTIME. ACROSS EASTERN ERIE COUNTY AND GENESEE COUNTY NEW SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH.
WHILE SNOW WILL JUST BE GETTING STARTED EARLY THIS MORNING...HEAVIER
SNOW IS ON THE WAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME
TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
704 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
NYZ012-019>021-085-081500-
WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
704 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
...WINTER STORM TIMING DETAILS FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN TIER AND THE WYOMING AND BOSTON HILLS...
MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE
AROUND SUNRISE AND SLOWLY PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY NOT REACH FAR EASTERN WYOMING
COUNTY AND ALLEGANY COUNTY UNTIL CLOSER TO NOON. AT THE
ONSET...PRECIPITATION WILL BE A MIXED BAG OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...OR SNOW. A FEW SPOTS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE
MAY BRIEFLY START AS RAIN BEFORE COLDER AIR WORKS IN. WHILE
PRECIPITATION THROUGH MID- MORNING WILL NOT BE TERRIBLY
HEAVY...EVEN TRACE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN CAN MAKE ROADS VERY
SLICK.
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL REACH THE REGION AROUND NOON TIME...AND
WILL QUICKLY CHANGE MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...DIMINISHING IN
INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL VARY THIS MORNING...THEN WILL RAPIDLY
DETERIORATE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
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