- Winter Storm Watch for Northern Queens County, New York
- Winter Storm Watch issued March 17 at 10:09PM EDT until March 19 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 10:09 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 10 a.m.
...LATE WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
* LOCATIONS...ORANGE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG
WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE
MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL
RAIN TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING AS LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.