Ice Storm Warning

/O.UPG.KCTP.WW.Y.0024.081224T0300Z-081224T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.IS.W.0003.081224T0300Z-081224T1600Z/ POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 255 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2008

…ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL START SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST INTO THE MID-MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. IT MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW OR SLEET. HOWEVER…ANY SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE MINIMAL.

THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL NIGHT…AS THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO RAIN…AND FREEZES AS IT HITS THE COLDER SURFACES.

THE MOST HAZARDOUS TIME WILL BE WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNRISE. EXPECT UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE TO ACCUMULATE ON MOST SURFACES.

THE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID 30S ON WEDNESDAY MORNING…AND TURN THE PRECIPITATION TO PLAIN RAIN.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT…AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING…AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION…TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.