Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, northeast New Jersey
Accumulations 20 to 25 inches (38 to 63 cm)
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
SAT JAN 23 2016 …
BLIZZARD IMPACTING MUCH OF THE AREA INTO TONIGHT… HUDSON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN QUEENS
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY… * LOCATIONS…NEW YORK CITY AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…AND HUDSON…ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES…WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS… WITH HEAVY SNOW AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 20 TO 25 INCHES.
* WINDS…NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 20S.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING…THROUGH TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS…EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY. SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.
http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=WSW
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