URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
336 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013


NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE
336 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON EST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 25 INCHES ARE
LIKELY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...SNOW RATES WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE INCH
PER HOUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING...AND BECOME STEADIER
AND HEAVIER BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY
MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...
OCCASIONALLY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
TRAVEL.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

[link to forecast.weather.gov]