OVWA Region 5 Weather Update for the following counties: 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. && Stay tuned to the Ohio Valley Weather Authority Region 5 for further updates.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 16:41:27 +0000