A classic nor’easter was chugging along up the East Coast and expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
427 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011
…A HISTORIC EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION
TONIGHT…
HUDSON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
427 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY…
* LOCATIONS…THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY SNOW AND WIND.
* ACCUMULATIONS…6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.
* WINDS…NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TIMING…HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME
RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOW…WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING…AND LAST THROUGH MOST
OF THE NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES CAN BE
EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS…ESPECIALLY
AFTER DARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT 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.