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  PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
  600 AM EDT MON OCT 26 2009
  
  ...WELCOME TO THE NEW YORK STATE WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK... 
  
  THE NEW YORK STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION HAS PROCLAIMED 
  THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 26TH AS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN NEW 
  YORK STATE.
  
  TODAY'S THEME IS WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS.
  
  LONG TERM SEASONAL OUTLOOKS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
  SERVICE'S CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER. THE LATEST OUTLOOK FOR THIS 
  WINTER SEASON CALLS FOR TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION TO AVERAGE 
  NEAR NORMAL. THIS OUTLOOK WILL BE UPDATED ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20TH.
  
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FIELD OFFICES ISSUE:
  
  OUTLOOKS 2 TO 7 DAYS BEFORE THE ONSET OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER.
  
  WATCHES 12 TO 48 HOURS BEFORE THE ONSET OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER.
  
  WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES UP TO 36 HOURS BEFORE THE ONSET OF HAZARDOUS 
  WINTER WEATHER.
  
  THERE ARE FOUR WARNINGS: BLIZZARD...ICE STORM...WINTER STORM AND 
  WIND CHILL.
  
  THERE ARE THREE ADVISORIES: WINTER WEATHER...FREEZING RAIN AND 
  WIND CHILL.
  
  WINTER WEATHER BRINGS SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...FLOODS AND HIGH 
  WINDS. BE PREPARED BEFORE THE STORM STRIKES. DO YOU HAVE ADEQUATE 
  SUPPLIES AT HOME...WORK AND IN YOUR VEHICLE? DRESS PROPERLY FOR THE 
  SEASON. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A WINTER STORM 
  WHETHER YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE A VEHICLE...OR INSIDE YOU HOME? 
  DOES YOUR FAMILY HAVE A DISASTER PLAN?
  
  FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON PREPARING FOR WINTER 
  STORMS...ACCESS NY STATE'S WINTER PREPAREDNESS SAFETY TIPS AT:
  
  HTTP://WWW.SEMO.STATE.NY.US/INFO/PUBLICSAFETY/WINTERPREPARE.CFM
  
  REMEMBER TO CHECK OUR WINTER WEATHER PAGE AT:
  
  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OKX/WINTERWEATHER.PHP
  
  TUESDAY'S INFORMATION STATEMENT COVERS HEAVY SNOW.
  
  $$