The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Westport and area for heavy snow and sleet, which is in effect until midnight. The Blizzard Warning has been canceled.

In addition, the Weather Service has lowered predicted snowfall totals for coastal Connecticut to 4 to 14 inches, with sleet also expected.

It said snowfall rates will be 1 to 2 inches per hour at times.

The Weather Service said the snow will mix with and possibly change to sleet this morning. Rain may mix in at times closer to the coast.

An accident early today on I-95 northbound in Fairfield at Exit 19 involved nine vehicles and three tractor-trailers and shut down the roadway. Firefighters had to extricate the driver of a car that was wedged under a tractor-trailer. That driver and the second of a tractor-trailer were sent to Bridgeport Hospital. Traffic, which was light, exited at Exit 19 and 18 in Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Fairfield Fire Department photo

The National Weather Service has issued a Coastal Flood Warning for Westport and area, which is in effect from noon to 4 p.m. today.

Tidal departures will be around 3.5-feet above astronomical tides this afternoon, it said.

Minor to moderate coastal flooding is expected around the times of high tide this afternoon.

High tide in Westport is 1:24 p.m.

The sky over Westport’s Compo Beach Monday showed few signs of a storm, and the water was calm. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Bob Eckman for WestportNow.com

UPDATE Westport’s public works crews will be going to work at 3 a.m. Tuesday, “and they will probably go home when the roads get plowed,” First Selectman Jim Marpe said today.

That could be a long time as an estimated 18 to 24 inches of snow are expected to come down before the Nor’easter subsides.

Marpe met with his emergency management team to go over last minute storm preparations.

He, along with first responders and Public Works Director Stephen Edwards are scheduled to spend a good portion of Tuesday at the Emergency Operations Center at Fire Headquarters.