Weather Alerts For Adams, NY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 154 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 Jefferson-Lewis- Including the cities of Watertown and Lowville 154 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Heavy lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations 6 to 12 inches in the most persistent bands across the Tug Hill Plateau, with 3 to 5 inches elsewhere. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph will produce blowing and drifting snow late tonight through Tuesday. There may be a brief period of sleet and freezing rain during the transition to snow this evening, with ice accumulations of up to a tenth of an inch in some areas. * WHERE...Jefferson and Lewis Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult with snow covered roads and poor visibility. The hazardous conditions will impact the Tuesday morning and evening commutes. Gusty winds will down tree branches and cause isolated power outages. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A rapid drop in temperatures late this evening may produce very icy conditions on untreated roads, sidewalks, and parking lots. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy snow will fall in relatively narrow bands. If traveling, be prepared for rapidly changing road conditions and visibilities. Submit snow reports through our website or social media. &&

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 144 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 Jefferson-Lewis- Including the cities of Watertown and Lowville 144 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Jefferson and Lewis Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. &&

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...WASHINGTON D.C. AND MARYLAND SUMMARY Multiple rounds of severe storms through this evening will yield potential for scattered to widespread damaging winds and a few strong tornadoes from the Carolinas into the Mid-Atlantic States. Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Large-scale outflow from ongoing broken linear bands along with a separate swath of convection with the low-level warm conveyor have greatly hampered the amplitude of diurnal destabilization across the Carolinas to the DE Valley. Primary severe threat should remain with the pre-frontal linear bands as they spread east-northeast this afternoon. Some intensification may yet occur across eastern SC/southern NC within pockets of low 70s surface temperatures. See MCDs 272-273 for additional storm-term discussion. Farther north, a pre-frontal low-topped convective line is evolving across central PA. This should be the primary driver of afternoon severe potential northeastward into parts of NY as mid 50s to low 60s surface dew points remain prevalent just ahead of this line. Within a deeply meridional wind profile, damaging winds and embedded tornadoes will be the main hazards. This activity should remain spatially confined by a lack of downstream boundary-layer destabilization over eastern NY into New England. In the wake of this leading activity, a second round of low-topped convection will likely reform east of the Blue Ridge into the Piedmont towards late afternoon/early evening. Prior overturning and persistent cloud coverage should mitigate appreciable boundary-layer destabilization. However, robust large-scale ascent and intensifying lower-level winds will accompany the ejection of a 100+ kt 500-mb jetlet within the basal shortwave trough. This should yield a renewed threat for damaging winds accompanying the fast-moving line. Even with meager buoyancy, another round of sporadic severe gusts should occur from NC/VA to the Chesapeake Bay/DE Valley vicinity through this evening. GA/FL Moderate buoyancy characterized by MLCAPE of 1500-2500 J/kg will persist through the afternoon ahead of southwest/northeast-oriented convection. With large-scale ascent, outside of low-level convergence, becoming more focused to the north of this region, there is uncertainty on how far south an organized line will persist in the FL Peninsula. Primary severe threat should remain through mid-afternoon, with a generalized waning in southern extent this evening.