WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
446 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
…A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW…NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST…AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON…
…WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON…
* LOCATIONS…EASTERN PASSAIC…BERGEN…ESSEX…AND UNION
COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…5 TO 9 INCHES.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS OF 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING…THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS…THE ACCUMULATING SNOW…ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW…WOULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
It seems I have heard this same story once before.
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Like your story’s Dom.