URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1115 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 NYZ075-176-178-080500- /O.UPG.KOKX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170108T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KOKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170108T0400Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN QUEENS- 1115 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHEST IN SOUTHERN QUEENS INCLUDING THE ROCKAWAYS. * LOCATIONS...BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * TIMING...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON, THEN TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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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