Blizzard Warning- 1-22-05 thru 1-23-05

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Severe Weather alert from the National Weather Service

...BRONX NY-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- 350 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

... A BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON SUNDAY ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING.

SNOW WILL MOVE IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 12 TO 15 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AND WILL BE QUITE GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST SUNDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

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.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1025 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

...STRONG WINTER STORM HEADING OUR WAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY

AFTERNOON...AND PASS SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND SATURDAY NIGHT AND

SUNDAY AS IT INTENSIFIES.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING

INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS...

SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER

SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO 162.550 mhz, OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT

WEATHER.GOV/OKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-

ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ-

1025 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON

EST SUNDAY...

SNOW WILL MOVE IN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL BECOME VERY HEAVY

LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY

MORNING. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 10 TO 15 INCHES BY SUNDAY

MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE

SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL BE GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG

NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST SUNDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT

IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS

EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE

IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE

WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN

ALTERNATE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS

UNAVOIDABLE.

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-

ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ-

600 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME

...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

SNOW WILL MOVE IN THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BECOME VERY HEAVY LATE

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY

MORNING...THE TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS

WILL BE 18 TO 24 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE

SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL

BE QUITE GUSTY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY GUST UP

TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO

DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT

BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL

VALUES WILL BE BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.

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Severe Weather alert from the National Weather Service

...BRONX NY-HUDSON NJ-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- 1020 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

... COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FROM 400 AM EST SUNDAY UNTIL 100 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN OFF THE DELMARVA COAST SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT PASSES SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG ISLAND SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW WILL INCREASE NORTHEAST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY EVENING... GRADUALLY TURNING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING.

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 2 1/2 TO 3 FT ACROSS THE SHORES OF THE GREAT SOUTH BAY... ATLANTIC OCEAN... AND NEW YORK HARBOR... AND DEPARTURES OF 4 TO 4 1/2 FT ACROSS THE SHORES OF PECONIC BAY AND LONG ISLAND SOUND. THESE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LUNAR TIDES WHICH WILL BE APPROACHING ASTRONOMICAL HIGHS. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND THE SHORES OF NEW YORK HARBOR. WIDESPREAD MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHORES OF PECONIC BAY... AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND. THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS WILL BE THE BACK BAYS AND INLETS. TO MAKE THINGS WORSE THE STRONG NORTHEAST AND NORTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 6 TO 10 FT CRASHING UPON THE SHORELINE... INCREASING POTENTIAL DAMAGE.

THOSE AREAS AFFECTED BY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 FT OF WASHOVER OVER ROADS... INUNDATION OF CARS AND A SOME SMALL SCALE STRUCTURES... MODERATE SHORELINE EROSION... AND HEAVY SURF....

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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BERGEN NJ-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-UNION NJ- WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- 516 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

... A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

... SNOWFALL... SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY... WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR HEAVIER SNOW FALL RATES FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES.

... WIND IMPACTS... EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING... AND REACH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW... LOWERING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

THE HIGH WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES TO BE DOWNED... RESULTING IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES.

WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS ZERO TO 5 BELOW OVERNIGHT.

... ACTION STATEMENTS...

THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL AND WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT BEST... AND IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. VENTURING OUT OF DOORS WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND LOW WIND CHILLS. YOU CAN BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED VERY QUICKLY IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BRONX NY-NASSAU NY-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- QUEENS NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- 327 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

... COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS BLOWING ACROSS A LONG DISTANCE OR FETCH WILL PUSH WATER WEST TOWARD THE SHORES OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC BAY.

THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WITH THE APPROACH OF A FULL MOON ON TUESDAY WILL CAUSE TIDES TO INCREASE FROM 4 TO AS MUCH AS 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY SUNDAY MORNING'S HIGH TIDE. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING WITH SOME POCKETS OF SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING... MAINLY FROM WEST OF BRIDGEPORT CT TO EATONS NECK IN LONG ISLAND.

ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON... AT LEAST MINOR TIDAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED DURING SUNDAY NIGHT'S HIGH TIDES.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT ALL RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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THE FOLLOWING ARE SELECTED HIGH TIDES AND EXPECTED DEPARTURES FOR THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE SUNDAY MORNING...

MINOR MODERATE FLOODING FLOODING FORECAST LOCATION TIME TIDE LVL BEGINS BEGINS HEIGHT (SUNDAY) (MLLW) (MLLW) (MLLW) (MLLW)

LONG ISLAND SOUND... KINGS POINT NY 1022 AM 7.3 --- 10.5 13.0 STAMFORD CT 958 AM 7.1 9.5 11.1 12.5 BRIDGEPORT CT 950 AM 6.6 8.9 10.4 11....