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Friday, January 22, 2016

NWS Updates Blizzard Warning - 10 - 18 inches of snow now expected



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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