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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
412 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-
261015-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.A.0004.110126T1800Z-110127T1500Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
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-
412 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON
  VALLEY...NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND...AND
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW...WITH A PERIOD OF A RAIN AND SLEET MIX 
  AT THE ONSET. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW. HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  MOST LIKELY ACROSS CONNECTICUT.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS UP 35 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN TURNING NORTHWEST
  THURSDAY MORNING. HIGHEST WINDS EAST.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING 
  COMMUTE AND THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW 
  LIKELY FALLING OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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