Severe Weather Alert for Feb. 27, 2014

… DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT CAMERON… CENTRE… CLEARFIELD… CLINTON… LYCOMING… NORTHERN BLAIR… NORTHERN CAMBRIA… NORTHERN HUNTINGDON… NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN… SOUTHEASTERN ELK… SOUTHERN POTTER AND TIOGA COUNTIES…

AT 1117 AM EST… A BAND OF DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLS WAS LOCATED FROM 37 MILES NORTH OF WOODHULL TO MARIENVILLE TO 22 MILES WEST OF PETROLIA… MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND MOVING TOWARDS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL. THESE SQUALLS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 100 PM.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITIES IN THESE SQUALLS TO NEAR ZERO… CREATING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES. EXIT HIGHWAYS OR DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE TO AVOID THESE SQUALLS. SLOW DOWN… REMAIN ALERT AND USE YOUR FLASHERS WHEN CAUGHT IN SNOW SQUALLS. DO NOT STOP AS DRIVERS BEHIND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOU.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES… I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 191… I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 85… I-180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 29.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS… ROUTE 6… ROUTE 15… ROUTE 22… ROUTE 119… ROUTE 219… ROUTE 220… ALTERNATE ROUTE 220… ROUTE 322… STATE ROAD 14… STATE ROAD 26… STATE ROAD 45… STATE ROAD 120… STATE ROAD 153… STATE ROAD 255… STATE ROAD 350… STATE ROAD 453.