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31. I posted about the Snow Squall Warnings in MD and PA today

in the LBN thread about this here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2895262

They supposedly had plans to go to Harrisburg (our capital here in PA) that has been under a Snow Squall Warning much of the day.

Frying pan to the fire - or better - from the frozen lake to the liquid nitrogen.

ETA - and the pile-ups have commenced -

‘Avoid travel’ amid dangerous central Pa. snow squalls, forecasters say

Updated: Mar. 28, 2022, 2:38 p.m. | Published: Mar. 28, 2022, 1:05 p.m.
Schuylkill County crash


By Jenna Wise | [e-mail]

Dangerous snow squalls have already caused multiple crashes Monday afternoon thanks to blowing snow and gusty winds on central Pennsylvania roads, forecasters said. “Don’t go out, don’t drive,” Amanda Wagner, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told PennLive. “Avoid travel if at all possible.”

Those who do have to drive and get stuck in a snow squall should slow down, turn on their headlights and hazards, and get off the highway at the nearest exit. A snow squall warning is set to expire at 1:30 p.m., but Wagner said squalls could continue to crop up through the afternoon before tapering off this evening. Up to 35 mph winds are likely Monday.

Wagner said Monday’s snow squalls are the equivalent of a summer thunderstorm — quick, intense, fast-moving and dangerous.A Schuylkill County stretch of Interstate 81 is completely shut down Monday afternoon after a possibly weather-related pile-up. Wagner said the NWS has received multiple reports of crashes and pile-ups due to the weather.

PennDOT spokesman Ronald Young said the following detours are in place for I-81: traffic on I-81 north coming from west of Harrisburg is being directed to US 22/322 north, traffic on I-81 north coming from east of Harrisburg is being directed to I-78 east to PA 61 north, and traffic coming from the Lehigh Valley on I-78 west is being directed to PA 309 north.

More: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/03/multi-vehicle-crash-shuts-down-i-81-in-schuylkill-county.html

https://www.pennlive.com/weather/2022/03/avoid-travel-amid-dangerous-central-pa-snow-squalls-forecasters-say.html

And ETA2 - another in effect for closer to Hagertown (for those who haven't left yet or in transit) -

Link to tweet

NWS State College
@NWSStateCollege
A snow squall warning is in effect until 3:45 PM EDT for I-81, US-11 near Hagerstown, MD--WV--PA; I-81, US-30, US-11 near Chambersburg, PA; I-70, US-30 near Everett, PA and I-70, US-220, US-30 near Bedford, PA.
This graphic displays a snow squall warning plotted on a map. The warning is in effect until 3:45 PM EDT. The warning includes I-81, US-11 near Hagerstown, MD--WV--PA; I-81, US-30, US-11 near Chambersburg, PA; I-70, US-30 near Everett, PA and I-70, US-220, US-30 near Bedford, PA. White out conditions in heavy blowing snow are expected. These conditions are resulting in Dangerous life threatening travel. There are 239,199 people in this warning along with highways I-76, I-81, I-70.
2:45 PM · Mar 28, 2022 from Pennsylvania, USA