WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO
1 PM EST FRIDAY
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1011 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014
…A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW…
STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON…
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO
1 PM EST FRIDAY…
…NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING…
* LOCATIONS…NEW YORK CITY…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES.
* WINDS…NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* WIND CHILLS…15 BELOW ZERO TO AROUND ZERO FROM LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* TIMING…THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS…LIGHT SNOW COULD CA– USE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS DURING
THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM
15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO T0 AROUND 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.