National Weather Service Winter Storm Warning (Updated)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1148 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011
...COASTAL STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARDS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES.
* TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
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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MORE INFO...
The Sanitation Department has declared a snow alert starting at 6 p.m.
At a news conference this afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the deputy mayor will hold a conference call with the leaders of various agencies, including the Metropolitan Transportation Authority this afternoon to discuss issues like suspension of street cleaning and declaring a snow emergency.
He warned that tomorrow's morning rush is not going to be easy, given that the hardest snow is supposed to come just a few hours before the commute -- making it impossible for all of the city's 6,000 streets to be cleared before then.
Although many parochial and private schools are already advising arents of their intended closure tomorrow, according to the Mayor's Office a decision about closing of public schools will not be made until 5 a.m. tomorrow.
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MORE INFO...
The Sanitation Department has declared a snow alert starting at 6 p.m.
At a news conference this afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the deputy mayor will hold a conference call with the leaders of various agencies, including the Metropolitan Transportation Authority this afternoon to discuss issues like suspension of street cleaning and declaring a snow emergency.
He warned that tomorrow's morning rush is not going to be easy, given that the hardest snow is supposed to come just a few hours before the commute -- making it impossible for all of the city's 6,000 streets to be cleared before then.
Although many parochial and private schools are already advising arents of their intended closure tomorrow, according to the Mayor's Office a decision about closing of public schools will not be made until 5 a.m. tomorrow.
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