WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH. * VISIBILITIES...OCCASIONALLY ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW...COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO A FEW DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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