NWS
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY859 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT....LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL RAPIDLYINTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANTSNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT....WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ESTTHURSDAY...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY.SNOW DEVELOPS LATE THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET WEDNESDAYMORNING...BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ONWEDNESDAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOURPOSSIBLE. BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG ANDGUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...THEN TURN NORTH WEDNESDAYNIGHT. GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OFSNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH POSSIBLEPOWER OUTAGES.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHERCONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOWARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN ANEMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY859 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT....LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL RAPIDLYINTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANTSNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT....WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ESTTHURSDAY...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY.SNOW DEVELOPS LATE THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET WEDNESDAYMORNING...BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ONWEDNESDAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOURPOSSIBLE. BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG ANDGUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...THEN TURN NORTH WEDNESDAYNIGHT. GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OFSNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH POSSIBLEPOWER OUTAGES.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHERCONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOWARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN ANEMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.