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The NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, NEW YORK NY, has issued a Storm Warning.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
…SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
436 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
…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.
* 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.
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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