Winter Storm Warning Issued
From
Village of Cattaraugus
Sent
Sat, Jan 17 @ 12:49pm
Description
Winter Storm Warning issued January 17 at 12:46PM EST until January 21 at 4:00PM EST by NWS Buffalo NY
* WHAT...Heavy snow and blowing snow expected. Total snow
accumulations 10 to 20 inches. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph
creating blowing and drifting snow and at times white out
conditions.
* WHERE...Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Southern Erie
Counties. Greatest snow accumulation across the northern
Chautauqua Ridge, Boston Hills and Buffalo Southtowns.
* WHEN...From 7 AM Monday to 4 PM EST Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Whiteout conditions are expected and will make travel
treacherous and potentially life-threatening. Travel will be very
difficult in deep snow covered roads. Areas of blowing snow will
significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions will
impact the Monday evening through the Wednesday morning commutes.
Gusty winds will down tree branches and cause isolated power
outages.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Expect lake snowband to oscillate with
varying intensities and snowfall amounts over the area. Snowfall
rates 2 inches per hour Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning.
Wind chill values five to 15 below zero Monday night through
Tuesday night.
Widespread accumulating snow will create dangerous travel conditions.
Submit snow reports through our website or social media.
This notification was posted by Village of Cattaraugus. Village of Cattaraugus is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
