Westchester-SWA-12/6/03

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(SWA) Severe Weather alert 12/6/03-Affecting Southern Westchester County

BLIZZARD WARNING

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1239 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2003

CTZ009-010-NJZ003>006-011-NYZ071>077-061200-

BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ-

KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-QUEENS NY-

RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-

SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-UNION NJ-

1239 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2003

...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM...

...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM SATURDAY...

PERIODS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL

ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A FEW INCHES. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND

HEAVY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE

COMBINATION OF NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45

MPH...AND THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDTIONS. VISIBILITIES

WILL BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY NIGHT...SO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE

NOT EXPECTED AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF

LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE

EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT

GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR

BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR, WITH

WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME

LOST OR DISORIENTED, SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO

STAY INDOORS.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.