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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1200 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-260600-
/O.EXB.KOKX.WS.A.0004.110126T1800Z-110127T1500Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-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-
1200 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY
  METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND...AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT.

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS UP 30 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
  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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CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-260600-
/O.EXT.KOKX.WS.A.0004.110126T1800Z-110127T1500Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1200 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

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

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...MOST OF THE LOWER 
  HUDSON VALLEY AND WESTERN PASSAIC IN NEW JERSEY. 

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
  GUSTS UP 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN TURNING NORTHWEST
  THURSDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

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