Winter Storm Warning

 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE?NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY?359 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-?PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-?INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...?TUNKHANNOCK... SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...?HONESDALE

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT?TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARDS...SNOW AND SOME ICE.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH THE?  GREATEST AMOUNTS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ICE AMOUNTS UP TO ONE?  TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT?  TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO?  SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR?FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR?SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE?DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER?SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT?BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.