WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1210 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1
PM EST SUNDAY FOR EASTERN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS
EASTERN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND
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 CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...WILL
INTENSIFY CONSIDERABLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL
BECOME A POWERFUL NOREASTER AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS 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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