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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1234 PM EST WED DEC 12 2007
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY FROM THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING…
FOR THE FOLLOWING FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY WILL BE AT LEAST 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR AREAS…WITH THE MIXING IN OF SLEET ACROSS AREAS NEARER NEW YORK CITY AND THE COAST LIMITING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND 6 INCHES THERE.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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