Alert archive / New York / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this blizzard warning at Dec 25, 2010, 3:55 PM EST for 11 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Dec 26, 2010, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 29 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2010, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2010, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2010, 10:59 AM EST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217 WWUS41 KOKX 252055 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 355 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... CTZ007>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179- 260500- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0005.101226T1800Z-101227T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.101226T1100Z-101227T2300Z/ 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-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- 355 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND ITS IMMEDIATE SUBURBS...LONG ISLAND...AND COASTAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...11 TO 16 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WHOSE EXACT LOCATION IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND...AND POSSIBLY ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...WHICH COULD HOLD DOWN AMOUNTS THERE...BUT ONLY AFTER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN DURING SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOWS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH...HIGHEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ005-006-NYZ067>070-260500- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0005.101226T1800Z-101227T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0005.101226T1100Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 355 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. * HAZARDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WHOSE EXACT LOCATION IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN DURING SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOWS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
8 follow-up statements
909 WWUS41 KOKX 260400 AAA WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1100 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... CTZ007>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179- 261300- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.101226T1100Z-101227T2300Z/ 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-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- 1100 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...11 TO 16 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND...AND POSSIBLY ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...WHICH COULD HOLD DOWN AMOUNTS THERE...BUT ONLY AFTER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOWS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ005-006-NYZ067>070-261300- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0005.101226T1100Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1100 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. * HAZARDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN DURING SUNDAY MORNING... THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOWS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
229 WWUS41 KOKX 261001 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 501 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...DANGEROUS STORM APPROACHING... CTZ007>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179- 261815- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.101226T1100Z-101227T2300Z/ 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-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- 501 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...11 TO 16 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THIS WOULD HOLD DOWN AMOUNTS THERE...BUT ONLY AFTER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY LATE MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ005-006-NYZ067>070-261815- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0005.101226T1100Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 501 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IS POSSIBLE FOR TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JMC
059 WWUS41 KOKX 261740 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMMINENT... CTZ005-006-NYZ067>070-270145- /O.CAN.KOKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078-080-176>179-270145- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON- WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX- WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ007-008-010>012-270145- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NYZ079-081-270145- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...EXCEPT 6 TO 14 INCHES FOR THE SOUTH FORK...WHERE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A TIME TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY TOWARD MONTAUK POINT. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
275 WWUS41 KOKX 262132 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 432 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... CTZ009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078-080-176>179-270545- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-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-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 432 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ005>008-010>012-NYZ068>070-270545- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 432 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NYZ067-270545- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ ORANGE- 432 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES...HIGHEST ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF ORANGE COUNTY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NYZ079-081-270545- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 432 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES...EXCEPT 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE SOUTH FORK...WHERE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A TIME TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY TOWARD MONTAUK POINT. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW HAS BECOME LIGHT LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE EVENING ON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ GOODMAN
586 WWUS41 KOKX 270438 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1138 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY... NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>070-074-271245- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- 1138 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ005-009-NYZ071>073-075-176>179-271245- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1138 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ006-010-NYZ078-080-271245- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 1138 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ007-008-011-012-NYZ079-081-271245- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1138 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
218 WWUS41 KOKX 270938 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>070-074-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ005-009-NYZ071>073-075-176>179-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ006-010-NYZ078-080-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF BY MID MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ007-008-011-012-NYZ079-081-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
989 WWUS41 KOKX 271539 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1039 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...THE BLIZZARD HAS ENDED...BUT STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 272345- /O.CAN.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0008.101227T1539Z-101228T0500Z/ 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- 1039 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH POOR VISIBILITY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IN LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SPOTS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG WINDS MAY STILL BRING DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND UNSECURED CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS....NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GOODMAN
911 WWUS41 KOKX 271559 CCA WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1059 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...THE BLIZZARD HAS ENDED...BUT STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING... CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 280015- /O.CAN.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ /O.COR.KOKX.WW.Y.0008.101227T1559Z-101228T0500Z/ 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- 1059 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH POOR VISIBILITY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IN LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SPOTS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG WINDS MAY STILL BRING DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND UNSECURED CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS....NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GOODMAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 25, 3:21 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 3:21 PM EST, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
321 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010
...POWERFUL WINTER STORM TO BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NYC
METRO...LONG ISLAND AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL INTENSIFY
AND MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...PASSING SOUTHEAST OF
MONTAUK POINT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN
MOVE NEAR NOVA SCOTIA MONDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS FROM
THE WEST. THIS HIGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THURSDAY. A WARM FRONT MAY APPROACH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST AS AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH ALSO MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST STATES. A WEAK
PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT WINDS BUT WITH
CLOUDS INCREASING FROM MID AND HIGH LEVELS...BELOW NORMAL TEMPS BY
A FEW DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED....MOSTLY IN LOW TO MID 30S IN
ACCORDANCE WITH MAV/MET BLEND. PER LATEST RADAR RETURNS OVER
EASTERN PA...AREAS WELL NORTH/WEST OF NYC COULD SEE AN ISOLD SNOW
SHOWER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
WE WILL BE ISSUING BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR MUCH OF THE CWA...AND
WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...FOR THE
INTENSE STORM PROGGED TO IMPACT THE AREA FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON. EXPECTATION IS FOR HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP EARLIER THAN
EXPECTED...BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON SUNDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO
MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 8-12
INCHES NW OF NYC AND 12-16 INCHES MOST ELSEWHERE...WITH HIGHER
LOCAL AMOUNTS WHERE BEST MESOSCALE BANDING SETS UP. STILL COULD BE
SOME MIXING ISSUES ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CT.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST WELL OVER 35 MPH OVER MOST OF THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...APPROACHING 50-55 MPH OVER CENTRAL AND
EASTERN LONG ISLAND AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...WITH CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VSBY. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
BY ABOUT 4 PM.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR TUES
NIGHT THROUGH THU WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH TEMPS RIGHT AROUND
NORMAL...TOPPING OFF IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. GFS INDICATES
A WARM FRONTAL APPROACH THU NIGHT-FRI WHILE ECMWF KEEPS THE FRONT
WELL TO THE WEST...WILL TAKE THE MIDDLE GROUND AND FORECAST ONLY
SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR SOME LIGHT PRECIP AT THAT TIME. SLIGHTLY
WARMER ON FRI WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MID 40S.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE TERMINALS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WITH HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS.
VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE AFTER 12Z WITH
THE ONSET OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING. MVFR CIGS DEVELOP AROUND
THIS TIME AND THEN DETERIORATE TO IFR TOWARD 18Z. INTENSITY OF THE
SNOW WILL ALSO BEGIN TO PICK UP DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS.
A LIGHT N TO NE FLOW OVERNIGHT WILL RAMP UP QUICKLY IN THE 12Z TO
18Z TIME FRAME...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT ALONG THE COAST.
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR LOW CIGS/HIGH WINDS ON SUN...BUT TIMING MAY
BE OFF TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD PLUS OR MINUS A COUPLE OF
HOURS. POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PCPN AT KGON AND KISP AFTER 18Z.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL DEVELOPS FOR 30-HR TAF SITES AT KJFK AND
KEWR WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT BETWEEN 20Z AND 00Z MON. VSBYS WILL
BE NEAR ZERO WITH INCH TO TWO INCH AN HOURS SNOWFALL RATES,
OUTLOOK FOR 18Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
SUN AFT-MON...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
KT POSSIBLE AT THE COAST SUN NIGHT INTO MON MORNING. MIXING WITH
SLEET OR RAIN MAY OCCUR AT KGON AND KISP IN THE EVENING. MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW ENDS BY 06Z MON...WITH CIGS GRADUALLY IMPROVING TO
MVFR/VFR BY LATE MON MORNING. HOWEVER...A STRONG NW FLOW
CONTINUES WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THROUGHOUT MON.
TUE...VFR...GUSTY NW WINDS.
WED AND THU...VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ON TAP THROUGH SUN MORNING AS HIGH PRES BUILDS
THROUGH THE WATERS...AND THEN OFFSHORE.
A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND INTENSE COASTAL STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST ON SUNDAY...TRACK TO A POINT ABOUT 100 MILES EAST
OF ATLANTIC CITY BY SUNDAY EVENING...THEN TOWARD CAPE COD BY MONDAY
MORNING. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR STORM FORCE
WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER CONSENSUS WITH
REGARDS TO THIS STORM...SO WILL ISSUE A GALE WATCH FOR SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. GALES WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO TUESDAY...
BUT FUTURE SHIFTS CAN ADJUST ANY GALE WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS AS
NECESSARY.
IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
RAIN OVER THE COASTAL OCEAN WATERS...WILL REDUCE VSBY TO 1 NM OR
LESS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
THERE IS STILL THE CHANCE THAT THE TRACK OF THIS STORM CAN CHANGE
ONCE AGAIN...RESULTING IN A DIFFERENCE FORECAST. PLAY STAY TUNED TO
THE LATEST DETAILS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY
YIELD LIQUID EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS OF 0.6 TO NEAR 1 INCH...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST CT AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND. NO HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS
ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ITS FROZEN STATE...AND LITTLE SUBSEQUENT
MELTING OF ANY SNOW PACK AS LONG TERM HIGH TEMPS BARELY REACH THE
LOWER 40S MAINLY IN URBAN/COASTAL SECTIONS DURING MID TO LATE
WEEK.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
LATEST GFS STORM SURGE GUIDANCE IS OFF THE CHARTS WITH 3-6 FT
DEPARTURES FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...HIGHEST FOR LONG ISLAND SOUND.
FROM PAST EXPERIENCE THIS LOOKS MUCH TOO HIGH GIVEN EXPECTED
NORTHERLY FLOW...AND DEPARTURES OF 2-3 FT SEEM MORE LIKELY.
THIS COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL
FLOODING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...AND A
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR SOME SPOTS...IN
PARTICULAR THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND AND
WESTERNMOST LONG ISLAND SOUND. STAY TUNED.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
CTZ007>012.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
CTZ005-006.
NY...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
NYZ067>070.
NJ...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
NJZ002-004-006-103>108.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ330-
335-340-345.
GALE WARNING FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ338.
STORM WARNING FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ350-
353-355.
&&
SHORT TERM/HAZARDS UPDATE...GOODMANHazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 4:13 AM EST, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 413 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-261100- 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- 413 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-261100- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 413 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:56 AM EST | Gale Watch | OKX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 25, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:51 PM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 13 hr | |
| Dec 25, 3:51 PM EST | Storm Warning | OKX | 44 hr | |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 21 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.