SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 418 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1030 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
SOME MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK OCCURRED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
WIDESPREAD SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL CAUSE WATER ON ANY UNTREATED SURFACES TO
REFREEZE. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS SOME ROADS COULD BE ICY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR LARGE SNOW BANKS THAT COULD
POSSIBLY BLOCK THE VIEW AROUND CORNERS AND INTERSECTIONS. SLOW
DOWN AND BE ALERT FOR CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 404 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
DUE TO THE MELTING OF SNOW DURING THE DAYTIME...AND THEN THE
REFREEZING OF STANDING WATER AT NIGHT...BLACK ICE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A PROBLEM ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROAD
SURFACES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...IN RESPONSE TO A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM
THE WEST. THIS RAIN ON TOP OF A THICK SNOW PACK COULD CREATE THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING
CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS
WARNING CRITERIA.
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