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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Updated Winter Storm Warning

Event:Winter Storm Warning
Alert:
...SNOW AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES TODAY... 
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS 
EVENING... 
 
* LOCATIONS...EASTERN ESSEX...UNION...AND HUDSON COUNTIES IN NEW 
JERSEY...AND NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND IN NEW YORK. 
 
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. 
 
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. 
 
* TIMING...WINTRY MIX CHANGES TO ALL SNOW BY 5 AM. SNOW MAY BE 
HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE 
TAPERING OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. 
 
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THIS MORNING INTO 
EARLY AFTERNOON. 
 
* TEMPERATURES...MID 30S EARLY THIS MORNING...DROPPING INTO THE 
LOWER 20S BY AFTERNOON. 
 
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO FALLING 
TEMPERATURES AND ROAD ICING...GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND 
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 
IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
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.
Target Area:
Bronx
Kings (Brooklyn)
New York (Manhattan)
Northeast Suffolk
Northern Nassau
Northern Queens
Northwest Suffolk
Richmond (Staten Is.)
Southeast Suffolk
Southern Nassau
Southern Queens
Southwest Suffolk

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