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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
317 PM EST MON DEC 27 2010

...THE BLIZZARD HAS ENDED...BUT STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
317 PM EST MON DEC 27 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND...BLOWING SNOW AND BLACK ICE
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOW...WITH POOR VISIBILITY. BLACK ICE IS ALSO EXPECTED WHERE
  STANDING WATER OR SLUSH REFREEZES TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IN 
  LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND 
  SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SPOTS DUE TO STRONG
  WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BLACK ICE. THE WINDS CAN
  STILL BRING DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND UNSECURED
  CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

* TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS....NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 55 MPH
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH ONLY SLIGHTLY AFTER DARK.
  GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN SPOTS TOWARD MIDNIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE STRONG WINDS INTO THIS EVENING CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
BRIDGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BLACK ICE...WILL ALSO
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 

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GOODMAN