Snow emergencies issued for area counties; What does it mean? - WHIO

Snow emergencies person been issued arsenic accumulating snowfall falls crossed the portion aboriginal Wednesday.

Montgomery, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Preble, and Logan County are nether a LEVEL 1 SNOW EMERGENCY.

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WHAT ARE SNOW EMERGENCIES?

Sheriff’s offices and departments collaborate with region exigency managers to find whether existent conditions with the upwind and roadways represent issuing a snowfall exigency level.

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Since 1994, region sheriffs person had authorization connected issuing snowfall emergencies, utilizing guidelines fixed from the state.

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SNOW EMERGENCY DEFINITIONS

LEVEL 1: Roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow. Roads besides whitethorn beryllium icy. Motorists are urged to thrust with caution.

LEVEL 2: Roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow. Roads besides whitethorn beryllium precise icy. Only those who consciousness it is indispensable to thrust should beryllium retired connected the roads. Contact your leader to spot if you should study to work. Motorists should usage utmost caution.

LEVEL 3: All roadways are closed to non-emergency personnel. No 1 should beryllium driving during these conditions unless it is perfectly indispensable to question oregon a idiosyncratic exigency exists. All employees should interaction their leader to spot if they should study to work. Those traveling connected the roads whitethorn beryllium taxable to arrest.

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