URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
624 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015
…A WINTRY MIX CONTINUES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE THIS MORNING…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY…
* LOCATIONS…BROOKLYN…SOUTHERN QUEENS…MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT…AND SOUTHERN NASSAU AND MOST OF SUFFOLK COUNTIES.
* HAZARD TYPES…FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF ACCUMULATED SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES…ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING…A MIXTURE OF RAIN…FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW…WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING AROUND SUNRISE IN NEW YORK CITY…AND BY AROUND 9 AM OVER SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY AROUND NOON.
* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED ROADS COATED WITH ICE WILL MAKE 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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