Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Oct 28, 2011, 3:27 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Oct 29, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr. 1 report 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
- Oct 28, 2011, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 6:05 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.3 | Worthington, MA | NWS COOP |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490 WWUS41 KBOX 281927 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 327 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE SATURDAY AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-290330- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0008.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 327 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ005-006-013-014-017-RIZ001-002-290330- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0008.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE 327 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN HALF OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...RAIN CHANGING TO WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE SATURDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO WET SNOW SOMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT...OCCURRING FIRST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. HOWEVER...THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN EXACTLY THIS WILL OCCUR SO ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO UPGRADE TO A WARNING AT THIS TIME. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY IMPACT WITH THIS EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS WELL AS WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. && $$ FRANK
8 follow-up statements
051 WWUS41 KBOX 290207 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1007 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE SATURDAY AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-291015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1007 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ005-006-013-014-017-RIZ001-002-291015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0008.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE 1007 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN HALF OF RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...RAIN CHANGING TO WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE SATURDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO WET SNOW SOMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT... OCCURRING FIRST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. HOWEVER...THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN EXACTLY THIS WILL OCCUR SO ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO UPGRADE TO A WARNING AT THIS TIME. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY IMPACT WITH THIS EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS WELL AS WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. && $$
568 WWUS41 KBOX 290851 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 451 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT... MAZ005-006-RIZ001-291700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0008.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 451 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-291700- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2000Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 451 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ013-014-017-RIZ002-291700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0008.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE... TAUNTON...PROVIDENCE 451 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORFOLK...MIDDLESEX...AND BRISTOL COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL THE PROVIDENCE METRO AREA IN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ RIZ003-004-291700- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 451 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ007-015-016-018-020-RIZ005>007-291700- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY... BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 451 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MD/WB
188 WWUS41 KBOX 291658 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1258 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-300100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2000Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1258 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY RAIN... PRECIPITATION WILL QUIKCLY CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...WITH ALL LOCATIONS IMPACTED NO LATER THAN THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ005-006-RIZ001-300100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1258 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EVENING. INITIALLY RAIN...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW... WITH ALL LOCATIONS IMPACTED NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ013-014-017-RIZ002>004-300100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE... TAUNTON...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 1258 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORFOLK...MIDDLESEX...AND BRISTOL COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL THE PROVIDENCE METRO AREA IN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW GRADUALLY WITH TIME AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION AGAINST MUCH WARMER MARITIME AIR OFF THE OCEAN. ANTICIPATE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ007-015-016-018-020-RIZ005>007-300100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY... BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1258 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW GRADUALLY WITH TIME AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION AGAINST MUCH WARMER MARITIME AIR OFF THE OCEAN. ANTICIPATE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.. 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. && $$ SIPPRELL
294 WWUS41 KBOX 292031 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 431 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT... MAZ013-014-RIZ002>004-300445- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 431 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MIDDLESEX AND NORFOLK COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...ISOLATED LOCATIONS WITH UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW INTO THIS EVENING WITH ALL LOCATIONS IMPACTED NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ005-006-RIZ001-300445- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0011.111029T2100Z-111030T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 431 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW INTO THIS EVENING WITH ALL LOCATIONS IMPACTED NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-300445- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 431 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ019-300445- /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLYMOUTH 431 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT...TAPERING OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 40. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ007-015>018-020-RIZ005>007-300445- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.111029T2200Z-111030T1200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 431 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT...TAPERING OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ SIPPRELL
589 WWUS41 KBOX 292253 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 653 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT... MAZ007-015-016-300700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY 653 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE BOSTON METRO AREA. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW INTO THIS EVENING WITH ALL LOCATIONS IMPACTED NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-300700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 653 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ005-006-013-014-RIZ001>004-300700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 653 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MIDDLESEX AND NORFOLK COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW INTO THIS EVENING WITH ALL LOCATIONS IMPACTED NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ021-300700- /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MATTAPOISETT 653 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT... TAPERING OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 40. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ017>020-RIZ005>007-300700- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 653 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ SIPPRELL
180 WWUS41 KBOX 300302 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1102 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-301115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1102 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW...LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. SOME ROADWAYS WILL BE IMPASSABLE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ005>007-013>016-RIZ001>004-301115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 1102 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE BOSTON METRO AREA AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...EXCEPT UP TO A FOOT IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL SNOWFALL RATES ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5 AM...THEN DIMINISHING * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MAZ017>021-RIZ005>007-301115- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1102 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW NEAR THE SOUTH COAST AND UP TO 4 INCHES FURTHER INLAND. * TIMING...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 2 AM. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TAPERING OFF BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIDELY SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
468 WWUS41 KBOX 300751 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 351 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-300900- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 351 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION WITH JUST LIGHT SNOW REMAINING. THE SNOW WILL END TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. FALLING TREES AND WIRES WILL CONTINUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW. $$ MAZ005>007-013>016-RIZ001>004-300900- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T0900Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 351 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE BOSTON METRO AREA AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE...BUT UP TO A FOOT IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * TIMING...THE LAST BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO THE EAST BY 5 AM. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND ROAD CLOSURES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ017>021-RIZ005>007-300900- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111030T0900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 351 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM AS THE BAND MOVES TO THE EAST. * IMPACTS...WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL BE SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
586 WWUS41 KBOX 300911 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 511 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 MAZ005>007-013>016-RIZ001>004-301015- /O.EXP.KBOX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111030T0900Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 511 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ MAZ017>021-RIZ005>007-301015- /O.EXP.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111030T0900Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 511 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 4:00 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:14 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Oct 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Storm Watch | BOX | 14 hr | |
| Oct 28, 3:13 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 19 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Connecticut, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011
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.