Friday, January 23, 2015

Winter Storm Warning for Schuylkill County

The National Weather Service has upgraded Schuylkill County to a Winter Storm Warning


WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...

WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...AND WESTERN POCONO MOUNTAINS. 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD POTENTIALLY MIX WITH LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING FROM AROUND THE HARRISBURG AND LEBANON AREA...SOUTH AND EASTWARD. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.