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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 

650 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING OVER 

MOST OF THE TRI-STATE... 

TWO BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WERE BLANKETING ALL BUT 

THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE TRI-STATE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY 

SNOW. THE MAIN BAND RUNS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY 

METRO...NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. THE SECOND BAND IS 

OVER EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. THESE 

BANDS ARE PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT 

TIMES...AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM. THIS 

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...COUPLED WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 

MPH AT TIMES WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER 

MILE OR LESS INTO THE LATE EVENING. 

AREA ROADWAYS ARE BECOMING QUITE TREACHEROUS AS A RESULT. PEOPLE ARE 

URGED TO ONLY TRAVEL IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...AND THEN WITH 

EXTREME CAUTION. 

MALOIT