blizzard warning from dec 26th 2010 storm

432 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

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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-
432 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 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 BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE
  RUMBLES OF THUNDER. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
  MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS
  WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 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.

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