URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
351 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015
…SNOW AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON…WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES…
…HAZARDOUS TO POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING…
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY…
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY.
* LOCATIONS…SUFFOLK COUNTY AND COASTAL NEW HAVEN…MIDDLESEX
AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW…HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW INTO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING. HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE TEENS FOR TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY…THEN TO AROUND 5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY
NIGHT.
* WIND CHILL…15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO DUE TO VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES…AND WINDS NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH.
* TIMING…THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS…DANGEROUS TRAVEL DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW
AND HIGH WINDS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE
LIMBS. HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROST BITE AND
POSSIBLY HYPOTHERMIA IF EXPOSED TO FOR MORE THAN A BRIEF PERIOD
OF TIME.
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.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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