SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 529 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 630 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA...
* AT 525 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
  ONEIDA COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE EFFECTED BY THE SNOW BANDS INCLUDE
  BOONVILLE...CAMDEN...HINCKLEY...WESTDALE...AND POINT ROCK.
INTENSE SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
ROUTE 26...NORTH OF STOKES CORNERS...AND ROUTE 12...NORTH OF ALDER
CREEK...WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE SQUALLS.
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE AND CHANGE RAPIDLY OVER SHORT TRAVEL
DISTANCES IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS MAY BE EXPERIENCING
VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, WHILE LOCATIONS ONLY 10
TO 20 MILES AWAY MAY HAVE CLEAR SKIES. IF DRIVING, SLOW DOWN AND
ANTICIPATE RAPIDLY CHANGING TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 412 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 415 PM EST SAT DEC 12 2009

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING.
ALSO...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
ON SUNDAY...AS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS NEAR THE EAST COAST.
AT THIS POINT...THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A MAJOR STORM...BUT LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.
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LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Issue Date: 405 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 100 PM EST SAT DEC 12 2009

...MAJOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL PERSIST EAST OF LAKE
ONTARIO...IMPACTING CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY...
.A COLD WESTERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP MOISTURE
FROM LAKE ONTARIO...AND DEPOSIT HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS INTO
SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SQUALLS WILL BE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY WILL
RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN EXTREME
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...NEAR THE LEWIS COUNTY LINE...WHERE
MORE THAN 30 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FARTHER SOUTH...5 TO 10
INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY...
NEAR BLOSSVALE AND HOLLAND PATENT.
HEDEN/MJ
NYZ009-120500-
/O.CON.KBGM.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-091212T1800Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BOONVILLE
355 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW NOW COVERS ALL OF NORTHERN ONEIDA
COUNTY. THE LAKE EFFECT BAND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE FINALLY WEAKENING AND LIFTING NORTH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE STORM IS OCCURRING NOW...AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DURING THIS TIME...SNOWFALL RATES OF
ONE TO TWO INCHES INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON...WITH RATES OF 3
INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE IN THE MOST INTENSE SQUALLS. AFTER
MIDNIGHT...THE BAND WILL STILL BE STRONG...BUT SNOWFALL RATES
WILL BE CLOSER TO 1 INCH PER HOUR.
STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN
ONEIDA COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE...CLOSER TO
THE LEWIS COUNTY LINE...IN PLACES LIKE BOONVILLE...WESTDALE...AND
POINT ROCK.
THE HEAVY SNOW...COMBINED WITH WINDS OF UP TO 35 MPH...WILL
CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS LIKELY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...
WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOWSTORM. TRAVEL IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD ONLY BE ATTEMPTED IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM
PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
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