Rhinebeck Emergency Management Latest Weather Advisory   Received at 10:40 AM from NWB Albany.
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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-
WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.TORRINGTON.OAKVILLE.NEW MILFORD.
TERRYVILLE.GREAT BARRINGTON.LEE.LENOX.HOUSATONIC.
HUNTER.TANNERSVILLE.WINDHAM.SUNDOWN.ELLENVILLE.
WOODSTOCK.WEST HURLEY.KERHONKSON.NAPANOCH.PHOENICIA.
KINGSTON.NEW PALTZ.POUGHKEEPSIE.BEACON.ARLINGTON.
PAWLING.DOVER PLAINS.MILLBROOK.PINE PLAINS.AMENIA.
MILLERTON
1040 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SAT AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SAT NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS.EASTERN CATSKILLS.MID HUDSON VALLEY.SOUTHERN
TACONICS.SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES.& LITCHFIELD COUNTY
CT.

* HAZARD TYPES.HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS.POTENTIAL OF 7 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IN THE
WATCH AREA. LOCATIONS GREATER THAN 1000 FEET MAY POTENTIALLY
RECEIVE THE HIGHEST TOTALS.ESPECIALLY THE LITCHFIELD HILLS.

* TIMING.A MIX OF RAIN & SNOW WILL BEGIN SAT MORNING INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON.CHANGING TO ALL SNOW IN THE MID AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING SAT NIGHT.

* IMPACTS.HEAVY WET SNOW COULD BRING DOWN NUMEROUS LEAF COVERED
LIMBS.TREES & POWER LINES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. ALSO ROADWAYS WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS
FOR TRAVEL.

* WINDS.NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

* TEMPS.FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S & MID 30S DURING THE
AFTERNOON & EARLY EVENING.

* VISIBILITIES.REDUCED TO HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE MODERATE TO
HEAVY WET SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW.SLEET.OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.