Winter Storm Warning Issued for Northeastern New Jersey for 6-8 Inches? They Lowered It? I Give Up. Really?

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
356 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

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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)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
356 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST
FRIDAY...

...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY EVENING INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN
  WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER
  MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. ADDITIONAL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS FORECAST THURSDAY EVENING
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...11 TO 28.

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

* TIMING...THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW COULD CAUSE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS DURING
  THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 5
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO T0 5 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO WILL MAKE IT FEEL
  EXTREMELY COLD.

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.