Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 1, 2008, 4:38 AM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 1, 2008, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2008, 4:38 AM EST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2008, 11:04 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBOX 010938 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 438 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 NHZ011-015-011745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0004.080201T1700Z-080202T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0004.080201T1400Z-080202T0500Z/ CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 438 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY...SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN ONE THOUSAND AND TWO THOUSAND FEET. AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. THIS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE VERY SLIPPERY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE EVENING...AND THIS WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END ALTOGETHER AROUND MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. INCREASED WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. ICING CONDITIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPER TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA...SO THOSE THAT HAVE TO BE ON THE ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. DRIVE SLOW AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. ALSO...THE ICING MAY CAUSE WIRES OR TREE LIMBS TO FALL TO THE GROUND. BE VERY CAUTIOUS IF VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ MAZ002>004-008-009-011745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0004.080201T1700Z-080202T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0004.080201T1400Z-080202T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 438 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. INITIALLY...SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN ONE THOUSAND AND TWO THOUSAND FEET. AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. THIS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE VERY SLIPPERY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE EVENING...AND THIS WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END ALTOGETHER AROUND MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. INCREASED WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. ICING CONDITIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPER TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA...SO THOSE THAT HAVE TO BE ON THE ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. DRIVE SLOW AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. ALSO...THE ICING MAY CAUSE WIRES OR TREE LIMBS TO FALL TO THE GROUND. BE VERY CAUTIOUS IF VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ MAZ010-026-011745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0004.080201T1700Z-080202T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0004.080201T1400Z-080202T0000Z/ EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER 438 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. INITIALLY...SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR SO BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ005-NHZ012-RIZ001-011745- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0004.080201T1400Z-080201T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 438 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING. INITIALLY...SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A BIT SNOW WILL OCCUR...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. THIS MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ011-012-011745- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0004.080201T1400Z-080202T0000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER 438 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING. INITIALLY...SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A BIT SNOW WILL OCCUR...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE ROUGHLY 700 FT...AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS MAY OCCUR AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS41 KBOX 011604 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1104 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 NHZ011-015-020015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080202T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.IS.W.0001.080201T1604Z-080202T0500Z/ CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1104 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REPLACED BY ICE STORM WARNING...IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY...SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN ONE THOUSAND AND TWO THOUSAND FEET. AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. THIS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE VERY SLIPPERY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING THIS EVENING... AND THIS WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END ALTOGETHER AROUND MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. INCREASED WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. ICING CONDITIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPER TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA...SO THOSE THAT HAVE TO BE ON THE ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. DRIVE SLOW AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. ALSO...THE ICING MAY CAUSE WIRES OR TREE LIMBS TO FALL TO THE GROUND. BE VERY CAUTIOUS IF VENTURING OUTSIDE. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR ICE ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ICE ACCRETION COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF YOUR POWER GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS ON HAND. $$ MAZ002>004-008-009-020015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080202T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.IS.W.0001.080201T1604Z-080202T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 1104 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REPLACED BY ICE STORM WARNING...IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. INITIALLY...SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES...POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN ONE THOUSAND AND TWO THOUSAND FEET. AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. THIS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE VERY SLIPPERY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING THIS EVENING... AND THIS WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END ALTOGETHER AROUND MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. INCREASED WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. ICING CONDITIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPER TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA...SO THOSE THAT HAVE TO BE ON THE ROADS WILL NEED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. DRIVE SLOW AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. ALSO...THE ICING MAY CAUSE WIRES OR TREE LIMBS TO FALL TO THE GROUND. BE VERY CAUTIOUS IF VENTURING OUTSIDE. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR ICE ACCRETION OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ICE ACCRETION COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF YOUR POWER GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS ON HAND. $$ MAZ005-NHZ012-RIZ001-012100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080201T2100Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1104 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING. INITIALLY...SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A BIT SNOW WILL OCCUR... POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AROUND A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. THIS MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ010>012-026-020000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 1104 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING. INITIALLY...SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A BIT SNOW WILL OCCUR... POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AROUND A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE ROUGHLY 700 FT...AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS MAY OCCUR AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 4:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 14 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:45 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:04 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 12 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.