Blizzard warnings for New York, Washington

Blizzard warnings on the East Coast stretched from New York to the Carolinas on Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service said.

Areas under the warning include metro Washington; Baltimore, Maryland; Newark and Atlantic City, New Jersey; Dover, Delaware; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City; and Long Island, New York.

A blizzard warning was in effect as far south as the southern Appalachian Mountains, including Asheville, North Carolina, the weather service said.

Under such a warning, the following conditions are expected to be seen for three hours or longer: wind speeds of 35 mph or more and considerable falling and/or blowing of snow with visibility near zero (less than ¼ mile), the weather service said.