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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
600 AM EDT Sun Oct 25 2026

...THIS WEEK IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN NEW YORK STATE...

Please join the National Weather Service and the New York State
Office of Emergency Management in promoting winter weather education
including safety.

Visit the NWS weather-ready nation winter weather web page at...
https://www.weather.gov/wrn/winter_safety and our local winter
weather awareness page at...
https://www.weather.gov/okx/winterweatherawareness

The NWS will issue a series of public information statements once
daily starting Monday October 26th around 6 AM. These statements
will help you gain a better understanding of winter weather hazards,
their impacts and how to prepare for them.

One information statement will be issued each day around 6 am.

Topics include...

Winter weather preparedness on Monday.

Heavy snow and Snow squalls on Tuesday.

Ice storms on Wednesday.

Winter floods on Thursday.

New simplified winter weather services on Friday, including the Cold
Weather hazards which was a part of the hazard simplification
process and replaced the Wind Chill hazards beginning in the 2024-25
winter season.

Winter weather safety on Saturday.

These public information statements will be disseminated over NWS
communication systems including our web page and NOAA weather radio.
They will be issued under the World Meteorological Organization and
family of services product identifier NOUS41 KOKX.

The next statement will cover winter weather preparedness, and will
be sent at 6 am Monday.

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