Watches, Warnings, and Advisories
Ice Storm Warning - Northern New Haven (Connecticut)
Updated: Wed, 07-Jan-2009 4:31am EST
ADDITIONAL ICING EXPECTED TODAY...SIGNIFICANT ACROSS THE
INTERIOR...
.LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION AS ITS
WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. A
SECONDARY LOW FORMING ALONG THE WARM FRONT WILL PASS JUST
SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND BY EVENING. THIS COMBINATION WILL
RESULT IN THE CONTINUATION OF FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...AND
INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE INTERIOR.
CTZ005-006-NYZ069-070-071630-
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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
327 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING. WARMER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WILL ALLOW FOR A COMPLETE
CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF BETWEEN ONE-HALF TO
THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.
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. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO
THE DANGER.
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