000 WWUS41 KOKX 261740 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMMINENT... CTZ005-006-NYZ067>070-270145- /O.CAN.KOKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ009-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ071>075-078-080-176>179-270145- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON- WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX- WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ007-008-010>012-270145- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NYZ079-081-270145- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T2300Z/ NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1240 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...EXCEPT 6 TO 14 INCHES FOR THE SOUTH FORK...WHERE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A TIME TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY TOWARD MONTAUK POINT. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$