HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 838 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND
EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   FLOOD WATCH.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM
FOR THURSDAY. SOME WIND GUSTS COULD REACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 46
MPH. SHOULD CONFIDENCE LEVELS INCREASE THAT SUCH WIND GUSTS WILL
OCCUR...THEN A WIND ADVISORY WOULD BE ISSUED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 806 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD
COUNTY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE MIXING WITH...AND
THEN CHANGING TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER
SUNRISE. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO PLAIN
RAIN BY NOONTIME.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN
ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 444 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW
  YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...ULSTER AND
  DUTCHESS.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* A COMPLEX STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6
  INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
  HOWEVER...AS WARMER AIR WORKS IN A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS
  EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES IN THE MORNING CAUSING RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
  POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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