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Blairstown Police Department
Tuesday March 6th, 2018 :: 07:54 a.m. EST

Advisory

Winter Storm Warning

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AMEST THURSDAY

* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10
INCHES, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 13 INCHES, ARE EXPECTED,
ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR AND
IN THE HILLY AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEASTERN
NEW JERSEY.


* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.


* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM EST THURSDAY.


* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
IMPOSSIBLE, INCLUDING DURING BOTH COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY. BE
PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. SNOW SHOULD
BEGIN TONIGHT WITH SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. THERE
MAY BE A PERIOD WHERE SNOW MIXES WITH SLEET AND RAIN DURING THE
DAY WEDNESDAY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95
CORRIDOR, BUT WILL PRIMARY FALL AS A HEAVY, WET SNOW WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. WITH THIS BEING A
HEAVY, WET SNOW, IT IS LIKELY THAT TREES AND POWER LINES COULD
BE BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW,
RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

Address/Location
Blairstown Police Department
106 NJ-94
Blairstown, NJ 07825

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-362-8266

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