Current forecasts call for wind gusts potentially reaching 60 miles per hour, to begin late Tuesday into Wednesday. The impact has the potential to bring down trees and limbs, causing damage to overhead power lines and other electrical equipment.…
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For the safety of work crews and the public, NYSEG reminds customers to stay away from downed or damaged wires and to refrain from approaching work crews.…
Snowfall Expected Thursday & Friday The US National weather service has issued a Winter Storm warning for Otsego County which is expected to last until 1 a.m. on Saturday. Weather.com predicts that snow showers will begin at 4 p.m. this afternoon, Thursday, December 15. The City of Oneonta has issued an advisory that they expect significant snowfall and residents are not to park on the streets after there have been 2 1/2 inches of snowfall. The city parking garage and…
Winter Storm Prompts Opening Of 2 Overnight Shelters With ongoing power outages affecting the County, the Office of Emergency Services, in cooperation with the American Red Cross, Clark Sports Center, and the City of Oneonta, is opening 2 Emergency Shelters to accommodate residents who are without power. They are set to open at 8 this evening. The South Otsego County Shelter will be located at the Oneonta Armory, 4 Academy St. in the City of Oneonta. The North Otsego County…
City of Oneonta: Parking restrictions lifted in anticipation of winter storm In anticipation of the long duration winter storm, the City will be lifting parking restrictions and opening the municipal lots (Dietz St, Wall St, Westcott Lot, Damaschke Field) and the parking garage for off-street parking as of 6:00pm tonight (2/2/2022). Vehicles left on city-streets after 2 1/2″ of snow are subject to ticketing and/or towing at the vehicle owner’s expense.…
Massive In Midwest, Storm Heads Our Way A winter storm that unleashed more than a foot of snow across parts of the Midwest on Monday is headed into the Northeast later today. “Travel in areas from New York City to Philadelphia could be delayed as Tuesday progresses,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Rob Richards said. The storm that brought accumulating snow to the major cities of Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; Chicago; and Detroit is expected to do the same in Hartford, Connecticut,…
NEAR-WORST STORM OVER Sheriff Lowers Travel Advisory By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Pretty much everything came to standstill in Otsego County today, after a snowfall that rivalled the worst dumped almost 30 inches on us overnight. The worst of the worst just missed us: “Endicott got a tad over 40 inches,” David Mattice, the National Weather Service observer in Oneonta, said a few minutes ago. “There were not a lot of accidents, but we got a…
CLICK HERE TO STAY UP TO DATE First Winter Storm Is Possible Tonight Forty days before winter official arrives, a snowstorm gathering strength in the central and southern Plains states is due to arrive in Western New York this afternoon and locally tonight, according to Accuweather. Widespread snowfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are likely across the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast, with 3 to 6 inches of snow is expected from the Great Lakes into the interior…
Heavy Snow Likely Throughout Night CLICK HERE FOR ALLOTSEGO FORECAST…
911 Reports 9 Accidents AS WIND WHIPS, WIND CHILL DIPS Visiting from Long Island during today’s Wind Chill Warning, Marianne and Mark Leippert, in top photo, lean into the wind crossing Main Street, Cooperstown, late this afternoon. Inset at right, Scott Anderson clears the sidewalk in front of Coopestown’s Toscano’s, preparing for this evening’s patrons. The roads have been slippery and visibility short, resulting in an accident on Route 28 at Index at 1 p.m.; police diverted traffic onto Route…