Onondaga County points journey advisory as winter storm bears down on Central NY

Syracuse, N.Y. — Onondaga County has issued a journey advisory for at this time as a winter storm begins dropping heavy snow in Central New York.

The advisory doesn’t limit journey however warns drivers that they’re more likely to face hazardous situations in the event that they enterprise onto the roads at this time. The advisory takes impact instantly and stays in place till additional discover.

All of Central New York is below a winter climate warning till 7 p.m. Monday.

One to 2 toes of snow is predicted via Monday morning, the National Weather Service stated. The snow will probably be most intense at this time, when 12 inches or extra might fall in 12 hours.

The snow might stick round for a very long time, because the area is predicted to see the coldest week in years.

“An Arctic siege has taken over our state,” Gov. Kathy Hochul stated at this time. “It is brutal, it is bone-chilling and it is dangerous.”

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New York, like greater than a dozen different states, is below a state of emergency because the storm makes its manner from Texas to Maine.

Hochul has additionally introduced journey restrictions, together with a ban on lengthy mixture tandem automobiles on the Thruway that took impact at 6 a.m. at this time.