WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 927 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR EASTERN
ULSTER...DUTCHESS AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTIES.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS
THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN DUTCHESS AND ULSTER COUNTIES.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT
INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF AND END LATER IN THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST...WILL INTENSIFY
CONSIDERABLY OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL BECOME A POWERFUL NOREASTER AS
IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD AND PASSES TO THE SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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