URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
400 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014
...A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
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NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
400 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW IS FORECAST
OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL
7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST.
* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* WIND CHILLS...FROM 10 BELOW ZERO TO AROUND ZERO FROM LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS FROM 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO
AROUND ZERO WILL PRODUCE EXTREME COLD IMPACTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. |