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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1123 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

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1123 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT.

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

* HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...A 1/4 TO 1/2 AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION...BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS...WITH TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES LIKELY BEING FELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED AND DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREES AND BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.


A Large Winter Storm Is expected and occurring now through Wednesday evening of this week. This strom will arrive in North Castle in two separate and distinct waves or bands of weather and precipitation. The first wave of this weather is coming to a close, while the second wave is expected to arrive around midnight tonight. The second phase is forcast to be a limited snow event, and consist mostly of sleet, ice, and freezing rain.

Significant Ice Accumulations Will Make For Dangerous Travel, in addition to travel problems this Heavy Ice Accumulations Could Bring Down Large Trees and Limbs resulting in downed Power Lines. Residents are urged to prepare for the possibility of power outages due to these conditions.

Residents with heavily snow covered roofs, especially flat roofs or decks should monitor these conditions, and take action in the form of clearance activity and ensure water is draining from the roof.

These condtions may present a collapse hazard due to the heavy weight of the snow already in place as well as the addition of this new heavy wet snow that is forecast.

Only remove snow from roofs if you can do so safely and without risk to yourself or others.

ADDITIONAL LOCAL INFORMATION from NORTH CASTLE OEM

Residents should avoid travel during this or any winter storm, even a short trip could be problematic and unsafe

Residents are reminded of the Town Snow Removal Ordinance and asked to refrain from parking on the town roadways at any hour during this storm. This will assist the Town Highway Department in clearing the roadways and keeping them open for emergency vehicles.

All North Castle residents should prepare for the possibility of power outages during this time period extending into the overnight and until the posted NWS expiration date and time.

Residents experienceing an interuption in electrical service should contact Con Edison Directly at 1-800 75CONED to report their outage. All effected residents should call Con Edison even if the outage was reported by their neighbor.

The North Castle Office of Emergency Management is monitoring this storm and will staff the EOC at a level 3 condition based on the current weather forecast.

Additional information regarding incidents arising from this event will be sent when available through nixle.