Expires:201402192015;Remove:201402192015;143598 WWUS81 KALY 191738 SPSALY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1238 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-051>054-058>061-063>066-192015- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON... LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE... ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN... ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH... PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON... ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 1238 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...QUICK BURST OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AS OF 1220 PM...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SOME FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ULSTER...DUTCHESS AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES. A QUICK ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR...ALONG WITH A THIN COATING OF ICE IN SOME AREAS...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR UNTREATED ROADWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL LEAD TO VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...CAPITAL DISTRICT AND MID HUDSON VALLEY BETWEEN 1245 PM AND 130 PM...AND BETWEEN 130 PM AND 230 PM ACROSS BERKSHIRE AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES. $$