Sunday, February 25, 2007

HEAVY SNOW WARNING - NYC/LI/NE NJ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
316 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007
...STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY...
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CAROLINA WILL
APPROACH TONIGHT. THIS LOW IS FIRST EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH OF LONG
ISLAND BY MONDAY MORNING...THEN WELL TO THE EAST BY LATE IN THE DAY
MONDAY. IN THE MEANTIME...SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND LIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY.
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WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-
316 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
EST MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK
CITY EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE STEADIER SNOW WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW...BUT SOME
SLEET MAY MIX IN TONIGHT. LIGHTER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION
TAPERS OFF MONDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
AS ALWAYS...THE EXACT TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM WILL HAVE
AN IMPACT AS TO BOTH THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WE HAVE...AND HOW
MUCH FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. AS SUCH...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING 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...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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