Snow Squalls Could Reduce Visibility to Zero

STATE COLLEGE – The National Weather Service has issued a weather warning for our area that could impact highway driving conditions. Plan accordingly.

The official warning released is:

… DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLS TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… HAZARDS… A LARGE AND DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WHICH CAN RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. LOCATION AND MOVEMENT… AT 123 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR AVIS TO BALD EAGLE STATE PARK TO NEAR SANDY RIDGE TO NEAR INDIANA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS WERE TRACKING ACROSS CAMBRIA BLAIR AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES. DANGEROUS SQUALLS WILL BE NEAR… AVIS, MCELHATTAN AND JERSEY SHORE AROUND 130 PM EST. MADISONBURG, PORT MATILDA AND BALD EAGLE AROUND 140 PM EST. SPRING MILLS, STORMSTOWN AND WARRIORS MARK AROUND 145 PM EST. MILLHEIM AND AARONSBURG AROUND 150 PM EST. COBURN, BELSANO AND CARROLL AROUND 155 PM EST. POE VALLEY STATE PARK, ROCK SPRINGS AND R.B. WINTER STATE PARK AROUND 200 PM EST. FOR THOSE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80, THIS INCLUDES AREAS BETWEEN THE KYLERTOWN AND LEWISBURG-WILLIAMSPORT EXITS, SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 141… BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 145… AND FROM MILE MARKERS 148 TO 200. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 99 FROM MILE MARKERS 10 TO 85. SAFETY INFO… USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS DANGEROUS SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THIS DANGEROUS SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION …