Notification from Township of South Orange Village
Today, 8:31 PM
March 14th Winter Storm Stella - Update The Township of South Orange Village Office of Emergency Management is monitoring the impending Winter Storm Stella.
Traveling Tuesday will be hazardous for both the morning and evening commute with large amounts of snow and blizzard like conditions expected. The indication is for heavy, wet snow and snow packed on roadways with winds gusting to 30-35 mph range. The National Weather Services has warned of some possible power outages. Please see detailed forecast below: Weather: PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AS: Snow ON (DAY): Tuesday AT APPROXIMATELY: 1-3am ACCUMULATING SNOW OR SNOW/ICE OR ICE EXPECTED TO END: 4-6pm AT APPROXIMATELY: Tuesday PRECIP COULD MIX WITH: Sleet BETWEEN: 9am-4pm FIRST INCH ON PAVEMENT EXPECTED BETWEEN: 2-4am THREE INCHES ON PAVEMENT EXPECTED BETWEEN: 3-5am SIX INCHES ON PAVEMENT EXPECTED BETWEEN: 5-7am TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION: 16-22 INCHES TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION: Trace TEMPERATURE AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION: 27-31 DEGREES AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING PRECIPITATION: 30-34 DEGREES TEMPERATURE AT THE END OF PRECIPITATION: 29-33 DEGREES AVERAGE WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED: NE/N 15-30 GUSTS TO 40 MPH
REMARKS: Snow, heavy at times tomorrow into early tomorrow afternoon. Snow continues tomorrow afternoon before tapering off to snow showers/flurries tomorrow evening into Wednesday morning. Little additional accumulation expected tomorrow night. Snow showers are possible again Wednesday afternoon with up to an inch possible. Skies clear our Wednesday night. Whiteout conditions likely at times tomorrow! Sleet could mix in. More weather information: http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=c41ebc4e0744ab9b&hl=en&gl=US&source=wweather
SO Alerts: Emergency Alerts and Non-Emergency Notifications: The Village's SOALERTS system allows residents to subscribe to our notification service for all levels of Emergency Alerts as well as subscribe to specific non-emergency Notifications covering a variety of Village services and topics. Please update and check your subscription to ensure that you are getting all requested notifications. https://nj-southorange.civicready.com/
Emergency Protocols: On street parking is prohibited and travel is highly discouraged. If you have an on street parking permit, please move your vehicle to the nearest municipal lot. If you have a fire hydrant in front of your home please keep it clearly visible and accessible as it could save your home – or even your life. Residents are required to clear snow as best as possible from their sidewalks within 12 daylight hours following snowfall. Do not shovel snow into roadways, as it puts emergency vehicles in danger. Please be careful when shoveling and take frequent breaks. Shoveling snow into the street is prohibited and will result in the issuance of a summons which will require a court appearance and fine.
Warming Centers/Sheltering The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) located at 1 SOPAC Way, will be open as a warming center / shelter at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 14th. If you need assistance in getting there, please contact SOPD at 973 763 3000.
Closings/Cancellations Village Non-Essential Departments will be closed tomorrow March 14, 2017. South Orange Library will be closed tomorrow March 14, 2017. South Orange Court Session for Tuesday, March 14, 2017 held in the Maplewood Police and Court Building located at 1618 Springfield Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040 has been cancelled. Parking Authority: Senior Bus Service will be cancelled tomorrow Tuesday, March 14th. Service will resume on Wednesday weather permitting. All Jitney Commuter Service will be cancelled tomorrow Tuesday, March 14th (am, pm and late night). Service will resume on Wednesday weather permitting. All vehicles with On-Street parking permits must move their vehicle(s) to the nearest municipal lot or the Third Street Garage to allow for snow plowing. All enforcement will be suspended during the storm. The SOPA office will be closed on Tuesday, March 14th. Any parking requests or issues should be called into the So Police Department at 973.763.3000. The SOPA office and all services will resume on Wednesday weather permitting.
Additional information: If there are power outages, the Village asks all residents and neighborhood associations and groups to do their best to check on any residents that may be elderly or have special needs Emergency calls for police, fire or medical service will be triaged and high priority calls will be answered first Non-emergency information and requests for service can be submitted via SOConnect at http://www.southorange.org/597/SO-Connect or by downloading the app GovAlert on your mobile phone. Understand non high priority requests may not be responded to immediately. The Police Department, Fire Department, Rescue Squad, Department of Public Works and Office of Emergency Management are all staffed up to handle emergent conditions throughout the duration of the storm and operations are being coordinated through the Office of Emergency Management’s Emergency.
Notification from Township of South Orange Village
Today, 8:31 PM
March 14th Winter Storm Stella - Update The Township of South
Orange Village Office of Emergency Management is monitoring the
impending Winter Storm Stella.
Traveling Tuesday will be hazardous for both the morning and evening commute with
large amounts of snow and blizzard like conditions expected. The
indication is for heavy, wet snow and snow packed on roadways with
winds gusting to 30-35 mph range. The National Weather Services has
warned of some possible power outages. Please see detailed forecast
below:
Weather: PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AS: Snow ON (DAY): Tuesday AT
APPROXIMATELY: 1-3am ACCUMULATING SNOW OR SNOW/ICE OR ICE EXPECTED TO
END: 4-6pm AT APPROXIMATELY: Tuesday PRECIP COULD MIX WITH: Sleet
BETWEEN: 9am-4pm FIRST INCH ON PAVEMENT EXPECTED BETWEEN: 2-4am THREE
INCHES ON PAVEMENT EXPECTED BETWEEN: 3-5am SIX INCHES ON PAVEMENT
EXPECTED BETWEEN: 5-7am TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION: 16-22 INCHES TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATION: Trace TEMPERATURE AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION: 27-31
DEGREES AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING PRECIPITATION: 30-34 DEGREES
TEMPERATURE AT THE END OF PRECIPITATION: 29-33 DEGREES AVERAGE WIND
DIRECTION AND SPEED: NE/N 15-30 GUSTS TO 40 MPH
REMARKS:
Snow, heavy at times tomorrow into early tomorrow afternoon. Snow
continues tomorrow afternoon before tapering off to snow
showers/flurries tomorrow evening
into Wednesday morning. Little additional accumulation expected tomorrow
night. Snow showers are possible again Wednesday afternoon with up to
an inch possible. Skies clear our Wednesday night. Whiteout conditions
likely at times tomorrow! Sleet could mix in. More weather information:
http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=c41ebc4e0744ab9b&hl=en&gl=US&source=wweather
SO Alerts: Emergency Alerts and Non-Emergency Notifications: The
Village's SOALERTS system allows residents to subscribe to our
notification service for all levels of Emergency Alerts as well as
subscribe to specific non-emergency Notifications covering a variety of
Village services and topics. Please update and check your subscription
to ensure that you are getting all requested notifications.
https://nj-southorange.civicready.com/
Emergency Protocols: On street parking is prohibited and travel is highly
discouraged. If you have an on street parking permit, please move your
vehicle to the nearest municipal lot. If you have a fire hydrant in front of your home please keep it clearly visible and accessible as it could save your home – or
even your life. Residents are required to clear snow as best as possible
from their sidewalks within 12 daylight hours following snowfall. Do
not shovel snow into roadways, as it puts emergency vehicles in danger.
Please be careful when shoveling and take frequent breaks. Shoveling
snow into the street is prohibited and will result in the issuance of a
summons which will require a court appearance and fine.
Warming Centers/Sheltering
The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC)
located at 1 SOPAC Way, will be open as a warming center / shelter at 8
a.m. Tuesday, March 14th. If you need assistance in getting
there, please contact SOPD at 973 763 3000.
Closings/Cancellations
Village Non-Essential Departments will be closed tomorrow March 14,
2017. South Orange Library will be closed tomorrow March 14, 2017. South
Orange Court Session for Tuesday, March 14, 2017 held in the Maplewood
Police and Court Building located at 1618 Springfield Ave, Maplewood, NJ
07040 has been cancelled. Parking Authority: Senior Bus Service will be cancelled tomorrow Tuesday, March 14th. Service will resume on Wednesday weather permitting. All Jitney Commuter Service will be cancelled tomorrow Tuesday, March 14th (am, pm
and late night). Service will resume on Wednesday weather permitting.
All vehicles with On-Street parking permits must move their vehicle(s)
to the nearest municipal lot or the Third Street Garage to allow for
snow plowing. All enforcement will be suspended during the storm. The SOPA office will be closed on Tuesday, March 14th. Any parking requests or issues should be called into the So Police Department at 973.763.3000. The SOPA office and all services will resume
on Wednesday weather permitting.
Third party reporting: Please report any power outages to PSEG at:
1-800-436-PSEG (7734) You can view the PSEG outage map:
http://outagecenter.pseg.com/external/default.html
Additional information: If there are power outages, the Village asks all
residents and neighborhood associations and groups to do their best to
check on any residents that may be elderly or have special needs
Emergency calls for police, fire or medical service will be triaged and
high priority calls will be answered first Non-emergency information and
requests for service can be submitted via SOConnect at
http://www.southorange.org/597/SO-Connect or by downloading the app
GovAlert on your mobile phone. Understand non high priority requests may
not be responded to immediately. The Police Department, Fire
Department, Rescue Squad, Department of Public Works and Office of
Emergency Management are all staffed up to handle emergent conditions
throughout the duration of the storm and operations are being
coordinated through the Office of Emergency Management’s Emergency.
Next update will be Tuesday, March 14, 2017 8 a.m. Updates can be found
online at: http://www.southorange.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=623