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THE SADDLE RIVER AREA IS UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS ON SATURDAY...WARMING TO THE UPPER 20S LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY EVENING...AND THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE 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.


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