Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 350 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...NOR`EASTER TO IMPACT THE AREA WITH SNOW AND WIND TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... NJZ006-105>108-NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-231000- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0001.160123T0500Z-160124T1200Z/ HUDSON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 350 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY...COASTAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND LONG ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.

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