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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS New York, NY

February 4, 20144 counties in Connecticut; 11 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2014, 4:36 AM EST for 4 counties in Connecticut; 11 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Feb 5, 2014, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2014, 4:36 AM EST (09:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2014, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 5, 2014, 4:11 PM EST
In force
16 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 09:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 5, 12:12 PM ESTSNOW 4North Bergen, NJPARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE ON BELL AVENUE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICE
Feb 5, 12:15 PM ESTHEAVY SNOW 2.5West Babylon, NYLARGE BRANCHES DOWN ON MEDIAN ON SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

104 
WWUS41 KOKX 040936
WSWOKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
436 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-041745-
/O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0002.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
436 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND PORTIONS OF THE
  LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE.

* TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...MIXING 
  WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>106-NYZ071>073-041745-
/O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0002.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
436 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NEW
  YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE.

* TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...MIXING 
  WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

NJZ107-108-NYZ074-075-078-176>178-041745-
/O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0002.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
436 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND
  NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN LONG
  ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE IN SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET
  AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

NYZ079>081-179-041745-
/O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0002.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
436 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH UP TO A TENTH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING..

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
615 
WWUS41 KOKX 041718
WSWOKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1218 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-050000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1218 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND PORTIONS OF THE 
  LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...MIXING 
  WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>106-NYZ071>073-050000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
1218 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
  NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW 
  JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...MIXING 
  WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

NJZ107-108-NYZ074-075-078-176>178-050000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
1218 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA 
  AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN LONG 
  ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...SNOW LATE TONIGHT...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET 
  AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

NYZ079>081-179-050000-
/O.CON.KOKX.WW.Y.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
1218 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND 
  FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT 
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING..

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
399 
WWUS41 KOKX 042106
WSWOKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
406 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

NYZ179-051100-
/O.UPG.KOKX.WW.Y.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
/O.EXA.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
406 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NASSAU COUNTY..

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND 
  FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MIXING WITH SLEET
  AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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.

&&

$$

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-051100-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
406 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND PORTIONS OF THE 
  LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MIXING WITH AND
  CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR
  EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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.

&&

$$

CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>106-NYZ071>073-051100-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
406 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
  NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW 
  JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MIXING WITH AND
  CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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.

&&

$$

NJZ107-108-NYZ074-075-078-176>178-051100-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
406 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA 
  AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN LONG 
  ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  AROUND ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MIXING WITH SLEET
  AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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.

&&

$$

NYZ079>081-051100-
/O.CON.KOKX.WW.Y.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
406 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES INCH...ALONG
  WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
634 
WWUS41 KOKX 050901
WSWOKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
401 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TODAY...

NYZ079>081-051715-
/O.UPG.KOKX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
/O.EXA.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
401 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
  ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY THIS
  MORNING WITH MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE THIS MORNING
  AND THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO 
  SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF 
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND 
  POWER LINES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-051715-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
401 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND PORTIONS OF THE 
  LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SLEET AND 
  FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
  ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING
  RAIN LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO 
  SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF 
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND 
  POWER LINES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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.

&&

$$

CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>106-NYZ071>073-051715-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
401 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
  NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW 
  JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  AROUND ONE QUARTER TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING
  RAIN BY LATE MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO 
  SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF 
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND 
  POWER LINES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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.

&&

$$

NJZ107-108-NYZ074-075-078-176>179-051715-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
401 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK
  CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS NASSAU AND NORTHWEST SUFFOLK
  COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET 
  AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD
  DAYBREAK WITH MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATER THIS
  MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO 
  SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF 
  SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND 
  POWER LINES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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.

&&

$$
933 
WWUS41 KOKX 051701
WSWOKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1201 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM IS WINDING DOWN...BUT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
CONTINUE...

NJZ108-NYZ074-075-080-081-178-179-051815-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
1201 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING.

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF
LONG ISLAND...IN THE LOWER BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY AND IN NEARBY
PORTIONS OF UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SO THE THREAT
OF ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED IN THESE AREAS. WATCH FOR
FALLING SNOW AND ICE FROM BUILDINGS AND TREES. 

DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS COULD AGAIN BECOME HAZARDOUS
TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING.

$$

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-052300-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1201 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON
  VALLEY...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN
  CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF
  EARLIER HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE
  ACCUMULATION.

* TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. 

* TIMING...INTO EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE THE
  INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF EARLIER SIGNIFICANT SNOW
  AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE COULD
  KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SNOW AND ICE FALLING OFF
  TREES...WIRES AND BUILDINGS COULD ALSO BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE 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.

&&

$$

CTZ009>012-NJZ004-006-103>107-NYZ071>073-052300-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
1201 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...THE UPPER BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY AND NEARBY
  PORTIONS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY...MOST OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF EARLIER
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE
  ACCUMULATION.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 30S. 

* TIMING...INTO EARLY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE THE
  INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF EARLIER SIGNIFICANT SNOW
  AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE COULD
  KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SNOW AND ICE FALLING OFF
  TREES...WIRES AND BUILDINGS COULD ALSO BE HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE 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.

&&

$$

NYZ078-079-176-177-052300-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-
1201 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN QUEENS AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG
  ISLAND...NORTH OF THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY. 

* HAZARD TYPES...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF EARLIER
  MODERATE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE
  ACCUMULATION.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 30S. 

* TIMING...INTO EARLY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE THE
  INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF EARLIER SIGNIFICANT SNOW
  AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE COULD
  KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SNOW AND ICE FALLING OFF
  TREES...WIRES AND BUILDINGS COULD ALSO BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE 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.

&&

$$
209 
WWUS41 KOKX 052111
WSWOKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
411 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING...THEN
BLACK ICE INTO THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH...

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>107-NYZ067>073-078-079-176-177-
060515-
/O.CAN.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140205T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0005.140205T2111Z-140206T1500Z/
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-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-
411 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
  SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. 

* HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS
  EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS
  STANDING WATER REFREEZES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. ADDITIONAL
  SNOW ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS
  EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT.

* TIMING...INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS
  AND UNTREATED SURFACES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE MEANS
THAT FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING 
OR WALKING. 

&&

$$

NJZ108-NYZ074-075-080-081-178-179-060515-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0005.140205T2111Z-140206T1500Z/
EASTERN UNION-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
411 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND...THE LOWER BOROUGHS
  OF NEW YORK CITY AND NEARBY PORTIONS OF UNION COUNTY IN
  NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. 

* HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING
  RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE WILL
  ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS STANDING WATER
  REFREEZES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. A COATING OF
  ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN LONG
  ISLAND.

* TIMING...INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS
  AND UNTREATED SURFACES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE MEANS
THAT FREEZING RAIN AND BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING 
OR WALKING. 


&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 4, 12:39 AM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 12:39 AM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1239 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A LOW
PRESSURE AREA WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT WITH
A SECONDARY LOW FORMING OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SECONDARY LOW WILL TRACK SOUTH
OF LONG ISLAND WEDNESDAY AND TO THE SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TO END THE WEEK. ANOTHER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE NORTHEAST OVER THE WEEKEND INTO
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
CURRENT NEAR TERM FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK.

MADE MINOR UPDATES TO GRIDS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS AND NEAR TERM
TRENDS...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

REGARDING TODAYS HEAVY SNOW...MOST SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM
AROUND 4-8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA...INCLUDING PASSAIC AND BERGEN COUNTIES NJ TO 2-4
INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR A DETAILED LIST OF SNOWFALL TOTALS.

FOR THE REST OF THE NEAR TERM FORECAST...SFC TEMPS WILL FALL THROUGH
THE 20S AND TEENS CAUSING ANY MELTED SNOW TO REFREEZE ON SIDE WALKS
AND ROADS...MAKING WALKING AND DRIVING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
MAIN FOCUS HERE IS SOUTHWEST U.S. SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL UNDERGO
CYCLOGENESIS TUESDAY. THIS MOVES OUR WAY TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OFFSHORE...INCOMING LOW NOT BEING THAT STRONG
WILL ALLOW FOR A WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS WILL BECOME
EASTERLY BUT WILL BE PRETTY LIGHT. IN ADDITION...CLOUDS INITIALLY
WILL BE LESS AND WILL QUICKLY MOVE IN...LOWER AND THICKEN LATER
TUESDAY NIGHT.

SO WE WILL SETTING INITIALLY RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF TUESDAY NIGHT. THEN PRECIP MOVES IN SECOND HALF OF
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRUCTURALLY...THERE WILL BE
TWO LOWS...ONE MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE APPALACHIANS AND THEN A
SECONDARY ONE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THAT WILL TRACK SOUTH OF
LONG ISLAND OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS LOW THEN
DEEPENS AROUND 5 TO 10 MB...WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...TRACKING RIGHT NEAR THE BENCHMARK OF 40N/70W. THE LOW
CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND DEEPEN TO SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA
FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING AND FARTHER AWAY
LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

ANOTHER FEATURING THAT IS QUITE REMARKABLE IS THE HIGH SITUATED WELL
TO THE WEST THAT WILL BE AROUND 1050MB. THIS IS REALLY STRONG AND
THE KIND OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY COLD
AIR MASS. FOR WINTER STORMS...A STRONG HIGH IS TYPICALLY NEEDED AS
A SOURCE OF COLDER AIR TO TAP INTO.

SOME FLUCTUATION BETWEEN MODELS OF THE POSITION OF THE LOW. SOME
LIKE THE NAM...ARE MORE NORTH WITH THE LOW WHILE THE
GFS...ECMWF...AND CMC ARE FURTHER SOUTH. NAM AND ITS TEMPERATURES
ARE GOING TO BE ON THE WARMER SIDE AND WILL NOT BE USED AS MUCH AS
OTHER MODELS CONCERNING THE FORECAST.

THIS SORT OF SETUP AND SCENARIO CONVEYS MORE OF A SNOW AND
ESPECIALLY ICE EVENT. IT WILL BE VERY CLOSE FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY ON
LONG ISLAND. MODEL TEMPS ARE NEAR 33-34 DEGREES HERE.
HOWEVER....WITH AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW COMING MORE INTO PLAY AND
BACKING OF FLOW TO MORE NORTHEAST...LOWERING 1-2 DEGREES FROM WHAT
MODEL HAS. THE LOW WILL BE DEEPENING AND ALOFT THE AREA WILL BE IN
THE BEST POSITION FOR POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION AND THE UPPER
LEVEL JET NEAR 250MB WILL BE STRENGTHENING AND EVEN PICKING UP
MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC IN ADDITION TO ALREADY HAVING PICKED UP
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AND WESTERN ATLANTIC.

THIS WILL HAVE LARGE RAMIFICATIONS IN THEREBY KEEPING FROZEN
PRECIP. ANY RAIN WILL BE SEEN IN THE AFTERNOON AND PRIMARILY
CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINES. HOWEVER...SEE ENOUGH
EVIDENCE IN THE MODEL FIELDS AND SET UP TO DIAGNOSE SIGNIFICANT
ICE/SNOW COMBINATION POTENTIAL. THEREFORE...INCLUDED SUFFOLK
COUNTY IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH.

OVERALL...PRECIP STARTS AS SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR WITH LESS SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN. THE SNOW LASTS UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
TOWARDS THE COASTLINE...WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME
MORE DOMINANT PRECIP TYPE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE
MODELS ARE OUTPUTTING AROUND AN INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT STORM
TOTAL. THE SNOW TOTALS WILL BE RANGING MAINLY BETWEEN 5 AND 10
INCHES...AROUND THE LOWER VALUE NEAR THE COAST...AND AROUND THE
HIGHER VALUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR. THE ICE TOTALS WILL BE UP TO
AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WHICH WILL BE HIGHEST ACROSS THE
COASTAL AREAS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
LESS...FOR THE INTERIOR.

THE MODELS SHOW SOME PRETTY DECENT WARM AIR ADVECTION 850 TO 700MB
OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...SO MUCH OF THE
SNOW TOTALS WILL FALL IN THIS TIME FRAME...COMMENCED BY THE INITIAL
BURST OF SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW ESPECIALLY WITH MORE
DYNAMICAL FORCING COMING INTO PLAY...COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT
TIMES. THE WARM AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES AT 850MB TO SEVERAL
DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...ALLOWING FOR
HYDRO METEORS TO MELT AND DEPENDING ON THE SURFACE TEMPS AND
BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS...WILL CONVERT TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
THE HIGHER TEMPS ALOFT MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SO COASTAL
LOCATIONS CHANGE FIRST WITHIN THE MORNING HOURS...THEN INTERIOR
ZONES LATER IN THE DAY.

THIS IS AN OVERALL MODERATE CONFIDENCE FORECAST. IF LOW TRACKS MORE
NORTH AND FLOW IS MORE EASTERLY THAN NORTHEASTERLY...TEMPS ALONG THE
COAST COULD WARM 1-3 DEGREES ABOVE FORECAST...SO THIS WOULD MEAN
LESS FROZEN ACCUMULATIONS AND MORE RAIN. HOWEVER...SIDED WITH COLDER
MAV GUIDANCE AND LOWERED MANUALLY 1-2 DEGREES AFTER A GOOD CONSENSUS
OF FARTHER SOUTHWARD TRACK OF LOW IS BEING EXHIBITED BY THE
LATEST GFS...ECMWF...AND CMC RUNS.

PRECIP TAPERS OFF BY WEDNESDAY EVENING BUT THERE WILL STILL BE
THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE. BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS CONTINUE
TO COOL WITH THE FLOW BACKING MORE NORTHERLY WITH LOW LEVEL COLD
AIR ADVECTION. DRY AIR INTRUSION COMES RIGHT THROUGH THE REGION
BEHIND THE LOW WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE VORTICITY MAXIMA AT 500MB
WITH THE MAIN SHORTWAVE ALOFT LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ELIMINATE MOISTURE IN THE -10 TO -30
DEGREE C REGION AND DEPRIVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF ICE NUCLEI...LEAVING
THE FIRST SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE SATURATED. THE
COLUMN IS SHORTER NEAR THE COAST...HENCE DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE
THERE...AND TALLER ACROSS THE INTERIOR...HENCE SNOW THERE.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AFTER A BUSY FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...EXPECTING A BIT OF
DRIER...QUIET WEATHER TO SETTLE IN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING EAST BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW AND THE UPPER LEVEL
FLOW BECOMING NEAR ZONAL FOR A PERIOD. MAIN THING TO NOTE THURS AND
FRI WILL BE THE COLD AIR ADVECTION PUSHING 850MB TEMPS BACK TO
AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO...RESULTING IN TEMPS MAINLY AT OR BELOW
FREEZING. COULD SEE WIND CHILLS REACH RIGHT AROUND ZERO OVER
INTERIOR AREAS THURS AND FRI NIGHT...WITH REMAINING AREAS STAYING IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS.

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE EXTENDED WILL BE THE NEXT DEVELOPING SYSTEM
THE MODELS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FOR THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY TIME
FRAME. WHILE THE 12Z MODELS ARE ATTEMPTING TO COME INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT...THERE STILL REMAIN SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE HANDLING OF
THE PATH OF THE SURFACE LOW AND THE EXTENT OF ANY PHASING WITH THE
SHORTWAVES ALOFT. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS KEEP THE SURFACE HIGH IN
PLACE INTO SATURDAY...WHICH SHOULD KEEP THINGS MOSTLY DRY ACROSS THE
AREA. WEAK LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS COMBINED WITH
A PASSING WAVE ALOFT COULD GENERATE SOME LIGHT PCPN LATE SATURDAY
INTO SAT NIGHT. WILL HOLD AT SLIGHT CHC POPS...THOUGH IT COULD END
UP BEING A DRY SAT...WITH THE PCPN HOLDING OFF TILL THE MAIN SYSTEM
STARTS TO PUSH NORTH SAT NIGHT. TEMPS COLD ENOUGH THAT ANY PCPN THAT
DOES OCCUR WOULD BE SNOW...WITH MAINLY LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION
SAT.

INCREASING CONFIDENCE OF PCPN MOVING IN SUNDAY...WITH THE 12Z MODELS
KEEPING THE TIMING OF THE GREATEST IMPACT DURING THE DAY SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. WILL BE FOCUSED ON WATCHING THE TIMING OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE
WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN US...EVENTUALLY PHASING WITH A
CLOSED LOW SITUATED OVER SOUTHERN CANADA. 12Z GFS SURPRISINGLY
REMAINS THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER AND WEAKER SOLUTION...WITH THE SURFACE
LOW NOT PUSHING OFF THE CAROLINAS TILL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE
12Z ECMWF PUSHES THE LOW ON UP AND DEEPENING IT JUST EAST OF OUR
AREA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THUS WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE
TIMING...WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN FOR THE REGION DURING THIS TIME
FRAME. HOWEVER...GENERAL CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE MODELS DOES SUGGEST
THE INCREASING CHANCE OF PCPN MOVING IN...WITH BETWEEN HALF AN INCH
TO AN INCH QPF VALUES ALREADY BEING SUGGESTED SUN-MON. TEMPS AT THE
MOMENT ALSO SUGGEST ALL SNOW EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA BUT WITH THE
CHANGING MODEL SOLUTIONS PER EACH RUN AND THE SPREAD OF THE CURRENT
MODEL RUNS...WILL NOT EVEN VENTURE TO GUESS TOTALS AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
***HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY***

PATCHY MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...OTHERWISE
BECOMING VFR.

N WINDS OF 5 TO 10 KT WILL PREVAIL INTO THE FIRST HALF OF
TUE...BEFORE BACKING TO A LIGHT E/NE FLOW. SOME LOCATIONS MAY
JUST GO LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

MID AND HIGH LEVEL CIGS MOVE IN ON TUE...ABRUPTLY LOWERING TUE
NIGHT TO IFR/LIFR IN THE 07Z TO 09Z TIME FRAME WITH THE ONSET OF
HEAVY SNOW.

SIGNIFICANT RUNWAY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ICE
ACCRETION GREATER THAN 1/4 INCH IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR 06Z WED THROUGH SUN...
.LATE TUE NIGHT...HIGH IMPACT EVENT...IFR WITH HEAVY SNOW
DEVELOPING.
.WED...HIGH IMPACT EVENT...IFR EXPECTED...LIFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
SNOW INLAND AND A WINTRY MIX AT THE COAST. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION
POSSIBLE THAT MAY EXCEED 1/4 INCH...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN AT
THE COAST DURING AFTERNOON.
.WED NIGHT-SAT...VFR.

&&

.MARINE...
LOW PRESSURE PASSES SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND THIS
EVENING...THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
GENERALLY EXPECTING SUB-SCA CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY...HOWEVER
THERE MAY BE A FEW OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KT OVER THE EASTERN OCEAN
WATERS THIS EVENING WITH A TIGHT GRADIENT OVER THE AREA. IN
ADDITION...SEAS MAY APPROACH 5 FT. WINDS DIMINISH TO 10 KT OR LESS
OVER ALL WATERS BY TUESDAY MORNING.

GENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS ON THE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH AN
INCREASING TREND IN WINDS AND SEAS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WITH THE LOW MOVING SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND AND DEEPENING AS IT
TRACKS AWAY TO SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA. SCA WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE
WATERS...MAINLY THE OCEAN AND EASTERN WATERS...FOR WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SCA CONDITIONS PSBL INITIALLY THURS ON THE OCEAN WATERS...WITH ALL
AREAS SUB-SCA BY THURS AFTN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN...SLACKING
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. SUB-SCA CONDITIONS PERSIST INTO AT LEAST
SATURDAY. SCA CONDITIONS RETURN SUNDAY WITH THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM APPROACHING AND MOVING JUST SOUTH/EAST OF THE WATERS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE MODELS ARE OUTPUTTING AROUND AN INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY IN THE FROZEN FORM.

ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.EQUIPMENT...
THE NEW YORK CITY NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO STATION KWO35 IS
OUT OF SERVICE.

DUE TO INTERFERENCE ISSUES WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD EMERGENCY
BROADCAST CHANNEL...THE NEW YORK CITY NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER
RADIO STATION KWO35 IS OUT OF SERVICE.

DURING THE TIME...THE TRANSMITTER MAY BE RETURNED TO SERVICE
INTERMITTENTLY FOR USE OF THE NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO
DURING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATIONS...FOR ROUTINE
WEEKLY TEST OF THE WARNING SYSTEM...AND TO DETERMINE IF THE
INTERFERENCE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

&&

.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR CTZ005>012.
NY...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179.
NJ...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR NJZ002-004-006-103>108.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BC/JM/SEARS
NEAR TERM...GC
SHORT TERM...JM
LONG TERM...SEARS
AVIATION...DW
MARINE...BC/JM/SEARS
HYDROLOGY...JM/SEARS
EQUIPMENT...
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 7:32 PM EST, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
732 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-050045-
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-
732 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ICING WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. MELTING SNOW WILL REFREEZE ON SIDE
WALKS AND ROADS TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S AND
TEENS. UNTREATED SIDE WALKS AND ROADS WILL MAKE WALKING AND
DRIVING HAZARDOUS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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 LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY FOR HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OBSERVATIONS.

&&

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.

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-050045-
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-
732 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 4:29 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryOKX55 hr
Feb 4, 4:36 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKXNassau, Suffolk23 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.