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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
358 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM MAY IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

CTZ005>012-NYZ078>081-177-179-251700-
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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
358 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH STRONG...GUSTY WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
  SNOW ON ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY DIMINISHED. STRONG
  WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AS WELL.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL MAY BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING LATE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 30 TO 35 MPH
  GUSTS...TURNING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH 35 TO
  40 MPH GUSTS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. WINDS TURN
  NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON.


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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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)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
358 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AND
  NEW YORK CITY.

* HAZARDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
  SNOW ON ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY DIMINISHED. STRONG
  WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AS WELL.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL MAY BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING LATE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 30 MPH GUSTS...TURNING
  NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH 35 MPH GUSTS SUNDAY
  NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. WINDS TURN NORTHWEST MONDAY
  AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND NEAR
  THE COAST.

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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