WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1158 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY.
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND OVERNIGHT
WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE
AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 24 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED. HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NEW YORK CITY AND COASTAL
CONNECTICUT...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF THE CITY.
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. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED... WHICH ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SOME
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 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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