URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 614 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 …A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT… .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND END FORM WEST TO EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY. NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 614 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 …BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY…
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS TONIGHT…TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW…WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 410 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NJZ005-006-011-NYZ072>081-111000- ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 410 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. BLIZZARD WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
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