BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 815 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY.
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND TONIGHT
WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS ACROSS LONG
ISLAND. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 24 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR...ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING...ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM FROM LATE
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE
ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AND CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA BASED ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW DEVELOP.
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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