Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2010, 5:49 PM EST for Essex County, Middlesex County, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 6 hr. 28 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2010, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2010, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 5:56 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Rockport, MA | WIRES DOWN |
| Feb 16, 5:58 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Hamilton, MA | LIMB DOWN ON WIRES AT WALNUT LANE |
| Feb 16, 6:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Hamilton, MA | LARGE LIMB DOWN TAKING OUT POWER LINES. |
| Feb 16, 7:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Wakefield, MA | LARGE LIMB DOWN |
| Feb 16, 7:31 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Stoneham, MA | POWER OUTAGE ON PERKINS AND NORTH STREETS AS A RESULT OF HEAVY WET SNOW. |
| Feb 16, 7:44 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Stoneham, MA | WIRES DOWN ON EVERETT AND CONGRESS STREETS. |
| Feb 16, 7:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Stoneham, MA | LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON WIRES AT 49 NORTH AVENUE. |
| Feb 16, 7:51 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Winchester, MA | LARGE BRANCH DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY. |
| Feb 16, 8:08 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Waltham, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON PARKVIEW ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 8:09 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Medford, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON ROCKLAND TERRACE. |
| Feb 16, 8:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Stoneham, MA | LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON WIRES AT INTERSECTION OF ISABELLA AND COLUMBUS STREETS. |
| Feb 16, 8:18 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Medford, MA | TREE DOWN ON HIGH STREET. |
| Feb 16, 8:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Stoneham, MA | WIRES DOWN PETERBOROUGH STREET. |
| Feb 16, 8:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Peabody, MA | LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON WIRES ON BIRCH STREET. |
| Feb 16, 8:37 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Stoneham, MA | WIRES DOWN ON HANCOCK AND WARREN STREETS. |
| Feb 16, 8:43 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Topsfield, MA | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ON WIRES. |
| Feb 16, 8:47 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Medford, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 16, 8:47 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Woburn, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 16, 8:48 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Arlington, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 16, 8:52 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Watertown, MA | LARGE BRANCH DOWN ACROSS ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 9:14 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Peabody, MA | TELEPHONE WIRES DOWN ON TRUMAN ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 9:41 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Watertown, MA | WIRES DOWN ON SPRINGFIELD STREET. |
| Feb 16, 9:44 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Arlington, MA | WIRES DOWN ON WARREN STREET. |
| Feb 16, 9:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Waltham, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 16, 9:53 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Winchester, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 16, 10:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Malden, MA | LARGE TREE DOWN ON MAIN STREET...COVERING SEVERAL CARS. |
| Feb 16, 10:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Beverly, MA | SIX WIRES HANGING DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF SCHOOL AND RANTOUL STREETS. |
| Feb 16, 10:52 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Groveland, MA | TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON LARKIN STREET...NEAR NEWBURY LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
226 WWUS41 KBOX 162249 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 549 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE A VERY SLIPPERY AND SLOW COMMUTE THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS... MAZ004>007-026-NHZ012-015-170300- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0003.100216T2249Z-100217T0300Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 549 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND 8 PM. THIS SHOULD BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY THIS EVENING AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION. ANY SLUSH OR STANDING ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL FREEZE THIS EVENING AND BECOME VERY SLIPPERY. COMMUTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR A POTENTIALLY TWICE AS LONG COMMUTE HOME THIS EVENING ALONG WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED TREE LIMBS WILL BREAK IN THE REGION FROM THE HEAVY WET SNOW...ESPECIALLY WHEN NORTH WINDS GUST TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS MAY RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>019-NHZ011-RIZ001>004-006-170300- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN 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-CHESHIRE NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... JAFFREY...KEENE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 549 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BACK INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THAT TIME WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FOCUSED ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES. THE STEADY SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM. ANY STANDING WATER OR SLUSH ON ROADWAYS WILL FREEZE THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ020>023-RIZ007-170300- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NEWPORT 549 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES IN THE SNOW AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. THE SNOW SHOULD ARRIVE IN SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS SOMETIME BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM AND ARRIVES ON CAPE COD BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM. THE SNOW THEN SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS WET ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ FRANK
2 follow-up statements
403 WWUS41 KBOX 170002 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 702 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH LATE EVENING... MAZ004>007-026-NHZ012-015-170300- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100217T0300Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 702 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THAT TIME. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY THIS EVENING AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION. ANY SLUSH OR STANDING ON ROADWAYS WILL FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP A FEW DEGREES. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED TREE LIMBS WILL BREAK IN THE REGION WILL BREAK AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN A FEW SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>019-NHZ011-RIZ001>004-006-170300- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN 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-CHESHIRE NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... JAFFREY...KEENE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 702 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STEADY SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY 11 PM. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS TIME. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES. ANY STANDING WATER OR SLUSH ON ROADWAYS WILL FREEZE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW FREEZING. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ020>023-RIZ007-170300- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NEWPORT 702 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOW WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ONTO THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AS WET ROADWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ FRANK
000 WWUS41 KBOX 170257 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 957 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... CTZ002-MAZ002-003-008>011-170400- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0300Z/ HARTFORD CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 957 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT. SNOW HAD TAPERED TO FLURRIES IN THOSE AREAS AND NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MAZ004>007-026-NHZ012-015-170500- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100217T0500Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 957 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AT 945 PM...RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THIS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IN THE WARNING AREA BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ENDING COMPLETELY OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY AND WE HAVE HAD REPORTS OF SCATTERED TREE LIMBS BREAKING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THIS MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE A FEW SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ012>019-NHZ011-RIZ001>004-006-170500- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0500Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- CHESHIRE NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...JAFFREY...KEENE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 957 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. AS OF 945 PM...LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WAS HEADING SOUTHWARD AND MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END COMPLETELY BEFORE DAYBREAK. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ020>023-RIZ007-170600- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100217T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NEWPORT 957 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. AS OF 945 PM...LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WAS HEADING SOUTHWARD AND MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 1 AM. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END COMPLETELY BEFORE DAYBREAK. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS UNTIL ABOUT 1 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ FIELD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 16, 5:05 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 5:05 PM EST, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
505 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL EXIT CAPE COD CANAL THIS EVENING WITH
BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT. THIS LOW WILL
THEN LIFT OFF INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WITH MAINLY DRY BUT
SEASONABLE WEATHER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE MAY
BRING MORE WINTRY WEATHER SOMETIME MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...BUT
CONFIDENCE THIS FAR OUT IS LOW.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
BASICALLY WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE SNOW STORM /DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU
ARE/ IN TWO BANDS WITH A TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST DEVELOPING NOW AND
ALL DOWN TO FLURRIES AROUND MIDNIGHT.
WE'VE HAD MAJOR INTERNAL COMMS PROBLEMS RECEIVING MODEL GUIDANCE
SINCE 1030AM.
THE NPW IS FOR A BRIEF BURST OF STRONG CAA WIND ASSTD WITH ONCOMING
SNOW AROUND 10 PM.
THE WXA'S SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. STAYED CONSERVATIVE RATHER THAN TRY
TO HIT SPOT WARNINGS NE MASS ON INTERNAL CRITERIA WHEN WE DONT HAVE
A SUPER HANDLE ON HOW MUCH NEW AT ISSUANCE TIME. THIS EVENT HAS LOTS
OF LEAD TIME FOR PREPARATION.
BLENDED NAM 2M TEMPS WITH 12Z NCEP MOS TEMPS FOR TONIGHTS TEMPS.
50 50 BLEND OF THE NCEP MOS FOR WINDS AND NAM GUST ALG.
SCT BKN TREE LIMBS IN NE MA WITH GUSTY N WINDS WORKING ON WET SNOW
ACCUMS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ON LIMBS WITHIN 15 MI OF THE COAST.
PNS AND LSR'S POST AS DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
WED...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND FAIR WX WITH BLENDED NCEP MOS TEMPS.
NOTING THAT THE AIRMASS FOLLOWING IS NOT VERY COLD...SO AFTER A
MODEST FREEZEUP AT DAYBREAK WED...WE SHOULD SEE A NICE REBOUND.
SKYCOVER MAY START SUNNY BUT WE THINK CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS
DEVELOPS IN THE AFTN PER TSECS.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...
CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL RESULT IN
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES SHOULD AVERAGE A TAD
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. OTHER THAN THE RISK OF A FEW
FLURRIES SPILLING OVER ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...EXPECT
MAINLY DRY WEATHER. MODEL CROSS SECTIONS DO SHOW THAT THERE WILL BE
AN ABUNDANCE OF STRATO-CUMULUS CLOUDS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
INTERIOR. OVERALL...EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT STILL
EXPECT A FEW PEEKS OF SUN ON THURSDAY ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST. LOWS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD MAINLY BE IN THE 20S...TO NEAR 30 AS GUIDANCE
MAY BE A BIT TOO COOL WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CLOUD COVER. HIGHS ON
THURSDAY SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 30S ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN...TO THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S ELSEWHERE.
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE AND CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL WORK THROUGH
THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...VERY
LITTLE LOW LEVEL FORCING OR MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE.
THEREFORE...WILL JUST RUN WITH A 20 TO 30 POP FOR PERHAPS A
FEW PASSING SNOW SHOWERS SOMETIME THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. ANY SPOTTY ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR FROM THIS ACTIVITY
SHOULD BE RATHER SMALL. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD MAINLY BE IN THE
20S WITH HIGHS ON FRIDAY MAINLY IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES AND NEW ENGLAND
SHOULD BRING SEASONABLE AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. HIGHS
MAINLY IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
SOME OF OUR MODEL GUIDANCE IS INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A DECENT
WINTER STORM THAT MAY IMPACT OUR REGION SOMETIME MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
MUCH OF THIS WILL DEPEND UPON WHETHER OR NOT NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
STREAM ENERGY PHASES AND FORMS A SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE
OTHER PART OF THIS WOULD BE WHERE EXACTLY THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WOULD TRACK...BOTH OF WHICH ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN THIS FAR OUT.
THEREFORE...WILL JUST RUN WITH SOME CHANCE POPS LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY AND SEE HOW THE MODELS EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THIS AFTERNOON...
AWW ISSUED FOR LOGAN THRU 6PM. 1 INCH/HR FOR AN HR OR 2. WORST MAY BE AT
5PM WHEN WIND TURNS N AND TEMP DROPS TO 31F WITH BEST BL LIFT FROM NE
WIND OVER WATER AND SLIGHTLY COLDER NNW WIND AT LOGAN.
A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR TO EVEN VFR VSBYS AND IFR CIGS SOUTHEAST MASS.
VSBYS WILL LOWER BACK TO IFR-LIFR WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO
/19-20Z/. IFR-LIFR CIGS FOR MOST LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST MASS/RI IN MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR-IFR CIGS NORTHWEST MASS...NH...CT
IN LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. RAIN-SNOW LINE STRETCHES FROM BOSTON TO
PROVIDENCE WITH RAIN OR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IS FALLING. THIS WILL
MOVE SOUTH AGAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4-7
INCHES POSSIBLE...INCLUDING BOSTON. HIGH CONFIDENCE OF VSBYS
LOWERING TO ABOUT 1/2 MILE IN SNOW THIS AFTERNOON MOST TERMINALS
INCLUDING BOSTON. LOW PROB OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY
SNOW 18Z-00Z.
TONIGHT...
MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE OF IFR SNOW IN THE EVENING IMPROVING TO
MVFR/VFR CIGS OVERNIGHT. NW WINDS MAY GUSTS TO 35 KT AT HYA AND ACK.
COULD HAVE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT MOST TERMINALS.
WEDNESDAY...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE MVFR CIGS AT MHT-ORH...LOW CONFIDENCE
MVFR CIGS AT BAF-BDL...MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR FROM KBOS-KPVD
TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. W-NW GUSTS TO 20-25 KNOTS.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN VFR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME...BUT DO EXPECT
PERIODS OF MVFR CEILINGS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR WITH
STRATO-CUMULUS.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
MAINLY VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
MWW POSTED. SCA EXPANDED TO BOS HARB AND NARR BAY. GALE EXPANDED
SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO BOS HARBOR. LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY POSSIBLE LATE.
VSBY OCNLY LESS THAN 1 MI IN FOG AND HEAVY SNOW IMPROVING AFTER
EVENING SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES.
WED...EXPECT A CONVERSION TO AN SCA FOR MOST OF THE WATERS IN THE 4
OR 7 AM WEDNESDAY FCST.
OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
IN THE LONG RANGE...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PROMOTE DECENT MIXING AND RESULT
IN SCA WIND GUSTS TO THE OPEN WATERS MUCH OF THE PERIOD. IN
ADDITION...SCA SEAS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE OUTER-WATERS FOR MUCH OF
THE TIME. THEREFORE...EXPECT SCA HEADLINES WILL BE NEEDED FOR MANY
OF OUR WATERS FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THE TIME.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
MAJOR INCOMING MODEL COMMS PROBLEM SINCE 1030AM .. WE JUST DONT HAVE
ALL THE MODEL DATA. WE THINK THE GOING FCST IS GOOD AND WILL GET US
THROUGH.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
MAZ002>019-026.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
MAZ020>023.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
MAZ022-024.
NH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
NHZ011-012-015.
RI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
RIZ001>004-006.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
RIZ007.
MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ231-232-250-251-
254>256.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ230-
233>237.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DRAG/FRANK 505
NEAR TERM...DRAG 505
SHORT TERM...DRAG 505
LONG TERM...FRANK
AVIATION...DRAG/FRANK/RLG 505
MARINE...DRAG/FRANK 505
EQUIPMENT...DRAGHazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 4:57 PM EST, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>019-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>004-006-172200- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- WASHINGTON RI- 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. RIZ005-008-172200- BRISTOL RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. MAZ020-021-023-RIZ007-172200- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NEWPORT RI- 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ISLANDS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN BY MIDDAY...LIMITING THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ANY LEFTOVER RAIN OR MIX WITH SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. MAZ024-172200- NANTUCKET MA- 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. MAZ022-172200- BARNSTABLE MA- 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIND ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ISLANDS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN BY MIDDAY...LIMITING THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ANY LEFTOVER RAIN OR MIX WITH SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. ANZ231-232-250-251-254>256-172200- CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ230-233>237-172200- BOSTON HARBOR-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND- NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- 457 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:28 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 16, 4:28 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 65 hr | |
| Feb 16, 3:32 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 9 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2010Every winter storm warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.