000 WWUS41 KOKX 270938 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>070-074-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ005-009-NYZ071>073-075-176>179-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS- NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ006-010-NYZ078-080-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF BY MID MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CTZ007-008-011-012-NYZ079-081-271700- /O.EXT.KOKX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101227T1700Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 438 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * HAZARDS...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS....NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$