Winter Storm Warning for Western Bergen and Eastern Passaic Counties Just Upgraded Snowfall Amount to 6 to 11 Inches!

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
855 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM FOR THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY...INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT...AND NORTHEASTERN NEW
JERSEY...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-
WESTERN BERGEN-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
855 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SATURDAY TO
4 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN BERGEN COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW...HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. HIGHEST
GUSTS WILL BE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER DAYBREAK SATURDAY...THEN
BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATER
SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.

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.