URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
423 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015
…ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY…
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS…EASTERN UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY…SOUTHERN PARTS OF NEW YORK CITY…AND LONG ISLAND.
* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
* TIMING…RAIN MIXES WITH SLEET AND SNOW THIS EVENING…BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES…ICY ROADS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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