NWS issues winter storm advisory
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1141 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014
…EARLY MARCH SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR THE AREA …
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-LAWRENCE-
BUTLER-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-
BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…OAKLAND MD…NEW PHILADELPHIA…
CARROLLTON…SALEM…COSHOCTON…CADIZ…STEUBENVILLE…
ZANESVILLE…CAMBRIDGE…ST. CLAIRSVILLE…CALDWELL…
WOODSFIELD…NEW CASTLE…BUTLER…BEAVER…
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA…KITTANNING…INDIANA…WASHINGTON…
WAYNESBURG…GREENSBURG…LATROBE…LIGONIER…DONEGAL…
UNIONTOWN…CHAMPION…OHIOPYLE…WEIRTON…BETHANY…WHEELING…
MOUNDSVILLE…NEW MARTINSVILLE…FAIRMONT…MORGANTOWN…
KINGWOOD…PARSONS
1141 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON…
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION…POTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE.
* TIMING…INTENSIFY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON…PERSIST THROUGH THE
NIGHT…AND END BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 MAY EXPERIENCE A MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT
TIMES ON SUNDAY.
* PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW…SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION.
* WIND…NORTH 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE
ACCUMULATION MAY SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. PREPARE FOR WINTER
WEATHER AND MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HOMEPAGE…NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR NEWS MEDIA.