Winter Storm WARNING

...SNOW EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FALL HEAVY AT TIMES

THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL

PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS

BETWEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A WIDE AREA OF CENTRAL

PENNSYLVANIA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW

COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS

PORTIONS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS THIS

EVENING...TRIMMING THE SNOWFALL.

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WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-

NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-

JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-

SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-

NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-

CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT...

ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...

PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...

MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...

MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE...

LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...

SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT...

HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...

GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER

1205 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013

...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST

SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED NEAR THE

  MARYLAND BORDER AND INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY

  LATER THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN

  MOUNTAINS. A THIN COATING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE FAR

  SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE A FEW INCHES

  LESS DUE TO A MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS

  EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOWFALL

  INTENSITY WILL INCREASE TO WHERE THE SNOWFALL RATE COULD BE UP

  TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY

  TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING TO

  FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE MARYLAND BORDER AND IN THE SUSQUEHANNA

  RIVER VALLEY AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER AND MORE

  INTERMITTENT EARLY TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF

  TO PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS

  AND REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2

  INCHES PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD OVERWHELM ROAD

  CREW EFFORTS TO KEEP REGIONAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS CLEAR.

* VISIBILITIES...SNOW WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE

  QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

USE EXTREME CAUTION IF PLANNING TO TRAVEL. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER

INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER

RADIO.

REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV...

POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET

@NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX.