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WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE IN OUR AREA.

LOCATIONS: NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY, SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

HAZARD TYPES: SNOW CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.

ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES, ALONG WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

VISIBILITIES: 1/2 MILE OR LESS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S ON SATURDAY, WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY EVENING... AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. ICY ROADS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

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.