URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
402 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015
…SNOW…THEN A WINTRY MIX IMPACT THE TRI-STATE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EST SUNDAY…
* LOCATIONS…NEW YORK CITY…LONG ISLAND…PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT…AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 5 INCHES…ALONG WITH UP TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE OVER NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL FALL INTO EARLY THIS EVENING…THEN TRANSITIONS TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING…AND THEN MIXES WITH…THEN CHANGES TO RAIN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED ROADS COATED WITH ICE WILL MAKING DRIVING AND WALKING HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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