Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 10, 2009, 4:39 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 10, 2009, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 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
- Jan 10, 2009, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2009, 10:28 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 100939 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0002.090110T2100Z-090111T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 439 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 95. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ013-015>019-RIZ001>005-101745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0002.090110T2100Z-090111T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 439 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95...INCLUDING BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY...THEN SPREADING EASTWARD TO RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES TONIGHT. WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL LIKELY ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR THIS MIXTURE TO OCCUR WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HARTFORD...BOSTON LINE. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO HOW FAR NORTH THE MIXTURE WILL PROGRESS AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. THIS WILL DETERMINE EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE THINKING 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BEFORE ANY MIXTURE OCCURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND END SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-101745- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0002.090110T2100Z-090111T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 439 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY FOR A TIME EARLY TONIGHT. WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A TIME. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND END SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 101015 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 515 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-101815- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 515 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 95. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ013-015>019-RIZ001>005-101815- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 515 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95... INCLUDING BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD TO RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES TONIGHT. WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL LIKELY ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR THIS MIXTURE TO OCCUR WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HARTFORD...BOSTON LINE. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO HOW FAR NORTH THE MIXTURE WILL PROGRESS AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. THIS WILL DETERMINE EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE THINKING 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BEFORE ANY SIGNIFICANT MIXING OCCURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND END SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-101815- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 515 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY FOR A TIME EARLY TONIGHT. WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A TIME. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED BEFORE ANY CHANGEOVER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND END SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MLE
000 WWUS41 KBOX 101751 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1251 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-110200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1251 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATTLEBORO... TAUNTON TO PLYMOUTH. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND END BY MIDDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ013-015>019-RIZ001>005-110200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 1251 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATTLEBORO...TAUNTON TO PLYMOUTH. THIS INCLUDES BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD TO RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES TONIGHT. WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL LIKELY ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR THIS MIXTURE TO OCCUR WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HARTFORD...PROVIDENCE TO PLYMOUTH LINE. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO HOW FAR NORTH THE MIXTURE WILL PROGRESS AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. THIS WILL DETERMINE EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE THINKING 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BEFORE ANY SIGNIFICANT MIXING OCCURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND END SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-110200- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 1251 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT TO NEAR NANTUCKET SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW...AND ARRIVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY FOR A TIME EARLY TONIGHT. WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A TIME. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED BEFORE ANY CHANGEOVER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND END SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 102129 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 429 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-110530- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 429 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE REGION WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM...REACHING NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING SUNDAY MORNING AND ENDING AROUND MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ013-015>019-RIZ001>005-110530- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 429 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING PROVIDENCE...AS WELL AS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM ATTLEBORO...TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH NORTHWARD TO BOSTON. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE REGION WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN ACROSS PORTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WHICH WOULD LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE LOWER END OF THE RANGE IF THE MIXTURE OCCURS. SNOW WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AT 4 PM AND WILL OVERSPREAD RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING SUNDAY MORNING. WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT MAY RESULT IN THE SNOW MIXING WITH OR POSSIBLY CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN AFTER 4 AM. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR NORTH THE MIXTURE WILL GET AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-110530- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.090110T2300Z-090111T1700Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 429 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR AWAY FROM THE SOUTH COAST...WITH THE LEAST AMOUNTS OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY LATER THIS EVENING...BUT WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 110032 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 732 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-110945- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 732 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE REGION WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH MOST OF THE COASTAL PLAIN BY AROUND 9 PM. MOST OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS DURING THE EVENING HOURS SHOULD BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND MAY BECOME HEAVY FOR A FEW HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ013-015>019-RIZ001>005-110945- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 732 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING PROVIDENCE...AS WELL AS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM ATTLEBORO...TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH NORTHWARD TO BOSTON. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE REGION WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN ACROSS PORTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WHICH WOULD LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE LOWER END OF THE RANGE...IF THE MIXTURE OCCURS. LIGHT SNOW HAS OVER SPREAD MOST OF THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS DURING THE EVENING HOURS SHOULD BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND MAY BECOME HEAVY FOR A FEW HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT MAY RESULT IN THE SNOW MIXING WITH OR POSSIBLY CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN AFTER 4 AM. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR NORTH THE MIXTURE WILL GET AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-110945- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 732 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR AWAY FROM THE SOUTH COAST...WITH THE LEAST AMOUNTS OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. LIGHT SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY LATER THIS EVENING...BUT WARMER AIR WORKING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ KJC/FRANK
000 WWUS41 KBOX 110942 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 442 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL THIS MORNING FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-111700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 442 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE REGION WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. A WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL NOT LAST MUCH PAST MID MORNING...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF COMPLETELY BY AFTERNOON FOR MOST LOCATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ013-015>019-RIZ001>005-111700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 442 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING PROVIDENCE...AS WELL AS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM ATTLEBORO...TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH NORTHWARD TO BOSTON. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE REGION WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. A WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL NOT LAST MUCH PAST MID MORNING...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF COMPLETELY BY AFTERNOON FOR MOST LOCATIONS. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-111700- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 442 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. A QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TO THE REGION WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST...WITH THE LEAST AMOUNTS ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED...BUT LIKELY ENOUGH TO MAKE UNTREATED SURFACES SLIPPERY. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL NOT LAST MUCH PAST MID MORNING...AND SHOULD TAPER OFF COMPLETELY BY AFTERNOON FOR MOST LOCATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ BELK
000 WWUS41 KBOX 111424 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 924 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWS COMING TO END... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-016>019-RIZ001>005-111530- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...QUINCY...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 924 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND NEARBY INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...QUINCY...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT THE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD AS OF 9 AM. ITS SNOW SHIELD IS QUICKLY EXITING THE AREA AND MOVING OFFSHORE. THEREFORE THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAVE ENDED. EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-111530- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 924 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT AND BLOCK ISLAND. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD AS OF 9 AM. ITS PRECIPITATION SHIELD IS QUICKLY EXITING THE AREA AND MOVING OFFSHORE. THEREFORE THE WINTRY WEATHER HAS COME TO AN ENDED. EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-111700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 924 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT THE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD AS OF 9 AM. ITS SNOW SHIELD IS QUICKLY EXITING THE AREA AND MOVING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...AN AREA OF LIGHTER SNOW WAS ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE AND WILL ROTATE THROUGH NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THEREFORE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES DURING MIDDAY. 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. $$ MAZ015-111700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BOSTON 924 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT THE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD AS OF 9 AM. ITS SNOW SHIELD IS QUICKLY EXITING THE AREA AND MOVING OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...AN AREA OF LIGHTER SNOW WAS ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE AND WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THEREFORE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES DURING MIDDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS41 KBOX 111528 AAA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1028 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 MAZ002>008-010-014-015-026-NHZ011-012-015-111630- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090111T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 1028 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...WAS LOCATED EAST OF NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD AT 10 AM. ITS SNOW SHIELD IS MOVING OFFSHORE...SO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAVE ENDED. EXPECT SCATTERED FLURRIES THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. $$ NOCERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 29 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:52 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:20 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 27 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
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.