Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Abominable Snowstorm

I'm ready for summer. 

Kings (Brooklyn)
Winter Storm Warning in effect from 12AM EST WED until 6PM EST WED

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY

LOCATIONS:  PORTIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND.  

HAZARD TYPES:  HEAVY SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.  

ACCUMULATIONS:  SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG WITH AROUND ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE.  

VISIBILITIES:  ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 

TIMING:  SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK.  

IMPACTS:
TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.  PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS 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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