Winter weather advisory
Weather statement issued by the U.S. National Weather Service indicating severe weather / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A winter weather advisory (originally identified as a Traveler's Advisory until the 2002-03 climatological winter when officially renamed, and informally as such by some local television stations thereafter) is a hazardous weather statement issued by local Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) of the National Weather Service in the United States when one or more types of winter precipitation—snow, rain and snow mixed, freezing rain, sleet, graupel, etc.—presenting a hazard, but not expected to produce accumulations meeting storm warning criteria (usually below four inches (10 cm)), are forecast within 36 hours of the expected onset of precipitation or are occurring in the advisory's coverage area.
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