The following is from the Town of Lewisboro Operations of Emergency Management:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2016
Contact: Adam Ochs – Lewisboro Emergency Management
203-856-6121 vfdcommish@aol.com

Hazardous Weather Outlook:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO NOON EST SUNDAY.
LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHER CONNECTICUT...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...AND MUCH OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.

WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES OF 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

TIMING...COLDEST WIND CHILLS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WINDCHILLS.

IMPACTS...THE FRIGID CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO THOSE VENTURING OUTSIDE. PROLONGED EXPOSURE WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW WIND CHILLS AND FRIGID AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN FROZEN PIPES... FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGE TO BE SAFE OUTDOORS

NYSEG: Is monitoring the situation

If there are outages they should be reported immediately/directly to NYSEG at: 800-572-1131 or http://www.nyseg.com/

Lewisboro OEM along with our partners will be monitoring this situation and issue updates as needed.