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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

NWS Issues Winter Storm Warning for snow and ice tonight through tomorrow morning....


Event:Winter Storm Warning
Alert:
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... 
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM 
EST WEDNESDAY... 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER 
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT 
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM 
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 
 
* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND 
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN LONG 
ISLAND. 
 
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. 
 
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG 
WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. 
 
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE IN SNOW. 
 
* TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET 
AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
 
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
Instructions: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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