[CTSARA] WINTER STORM WARNING Issue Date: 356 PM EST WED JAN 01 2014

[John Sabini Jr.]

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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 356 PM EST WED JAN 01 2014
Expiration: 100 PM EST FRI JAN 03 2014...A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
  

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
356 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM 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
4 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY INCLUDING ORANGE...
PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. ONE TO 2
INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR
FOLLOWED BY A LULL. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF SNOW WILL
REDEVELOP BY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...7 TO 25 ABOVE.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* TIMING...FROM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WOULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS

TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS FROM 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO 15
DEGREES BELOW ZERO THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE
EXTREMELY COLD CONDITIONS.
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.
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