- Winter Storm Watch for Orange County, New York
- Winter Storm Watch issued February 07 at 6:27AM EST until February 09 at 1:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 6:27 a.m.
- Expires: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 1 p.m.
...POWERFUL WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND WESTERN PASSAIC.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...BRINGING DOWN
SOME TREE LIMBS...AND CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.