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Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
427 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

...A HISTORIC EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION
TONIGHT...

NJZ002-103-NYZ067>070-300430-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111030T0600Z/
WESTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
427 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN BERGEN COUNTIES IN NEW
JERSEY...AND ORANGE...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND NORTHERN WESTCHESTER
COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BRISK WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO
THE HEAVY SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...AND LAST
THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED.
TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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