Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
425 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...

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/O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...
MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY...
TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...
MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...
WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...
NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
425 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES
THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON...
PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW
BEDFORD.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A
TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...AND
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND BE THE CAUSE OF A TREACHEROUS EVENING
COMMUTE. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...AND ESPECIALLY
EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS MAY CAUSE NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES.

AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE
PROBABLE NEAR THE MASS PIKE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AS ONE HEADS
SOUTHWARD. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL PROBABLY RANGE FROM 9 TO
15 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND...AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND
WET FOR A TIME...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. THIS COMBINED WITH
INCREASING WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
415 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
415 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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