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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
529 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...WINTER STORM MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
529 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

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

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

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

* HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST ACROSS CONNECTICUT.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST. INTERIOR SOUTHERN
  CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS DURING WEDNESDAYS EVENING
  COMMUTE AND THURSDAYS MORNING COMMUTE.


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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