URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMMINENT...
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SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY.
* HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT
TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP
TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY
ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS
DECORATIONS.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO
MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH.
ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND.
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.
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