Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2011, 4:52 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 32 hr. 25 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
- Jan 31, 2011, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 2:13 PM EST
- In force
- 32 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, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 1, 11:50 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Holliston, MA | TOTAL ROOF COLLAPSE REPORTED ON LOWLAND STREET PER FIRE DEPT. ALL PEOPLE ACCOUNTED FOR. |
| Feb 1, 11:53 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | East Longmeadow, MA | ROOF COLLAPSE OF LUMBER STORAGE BLDG. ON NORTH MAIN STREET. NO INJURIES. |
| Feb 1, 3:28 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Pawtucket, RI | PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE ON MAIN STREET |
| Feb 1, 4:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Woburn, MA | ROOF COLLAPSE ON DRAGON COURT |
| Feb 2, 8:28 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Wilmington, MA | PARTIAL...16 FT SECTION...ROOF COLLAPSE OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON ANDOVER ST. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY MA EMERG. MGMT. |
| Feb 2, 9:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Randolph, MA | ROOF COLLAPSE OF OLDER DETACHED GARAGE NEXT TO HOUSE ON WOODLAND PKWY. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 9:29 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Springfield, MA | COLLAPSE OF A ROOF-TYPE COVERING OF GAS PUMPS AT GAS STATION AT WHITE AND ORANGE ST. INTERSECTION. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY EMA DIRECTOR. |
| Feb 2, 9:50 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Northborough, MA | COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF 100 FT LONG METAL BUILDING THAT USED TO BE AN AIRPLANE HANGAR AND NOW USED FOR STORAGE. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 10:12 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Holbrook, MA | PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE AT A BUSINESS ON HIGH STREET. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY HOLBROOK FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 10:28 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | West Brookfield, MA | PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE AT A BUSINESS ON MAIN STREET. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY POLICE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 10:40 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Woonsocket, RI | ROOF COLLAPSE OF ABANDONED TEXTILE BLDG. ON FIRST AVE. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 10:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Norwood, MA | ROOF COLLAPSE OF A GENERAL AVIATION HANGAR AT NORWOOD AIRPORT CAUSING SMALL FUEL LEAK. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY MASS. EMERG MGMT AGENCY. |
| Feb 2, 10:46 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Easton, MA | ROOF COLLAPSE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON EASTMAN STREET RT. 106. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY MEMA AND MEDIA. |
| Feb 2, 11:06 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Norwell, MA | THREE CAR GARAGE COLLAPSE ON HOLLY BERRY LANE. NO DAMAGE TO CARS AND NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 11:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Chelsea, MA | PARTIAL STRUCTURE COLLAPSE AT A WAREHOUSE ON CRESCENT AVE. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY MA EMERG MGMT AGENCY. |
| Feb 2, 12:02 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Leominster, MA | COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF QUONSET HUT WITH OIL TRUCKS INSIDE HUT ON LITCHFIELD STREET. CONFIRMED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Feb 2, 12:23 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Springfield, MA | ROOF COLLAPSE INTO 2ND FLOOR OF UNOCCUPIED RESIDENCE. BUILDING CONDEMNED. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY EMA DIRECTOR. |
| Feb 2, 12:34 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Westborough, MA | PARTIAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE ON FLANDERS ROAD. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 12:42 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Whitman, MA | ROOF COLLAPSE IN WHITMAN INDUSTRIAL PARK ON POND STREET. BUILDING CONDEMNED. NO INJURIES. ALSO A TOTAL ROOF COLLAPSE OF STORAGE GARAGE ON SOUTH AVENUE. BOTH REPORTS CONFIRMED BY MA EMERG MGMT AGENCY. |
| Feb 2, 12:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Hudson, MA | PARTIAL HOUSE COLLAPSE ON HEARTHSTONE ST. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 12:54 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Somerville, MA | FIVE CAR GARAGE COLLAPSED. THREE VEHICLES DAMAGED. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 1:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Oxford, MA | PARTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE AT GREEN VALLEY COMPANY ON SUTTON AVE. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 1:14 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Weymouth, MA | GAS STATION CANOPY COLLAPSE ON MAIN STREET. NO INJURIES. CONFIRMED BY WEYMOUTH EMA. |
| Feb 2, 1:35 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Concord, MA | PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE TO CONCORD LUMBER COMPANY ON LOWELL ROAD. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
| Feb 2, 1:36 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Brockton, MA | PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSED ON OAK HILL WAY. CONFIRMED BY FIRE DEPT. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077 WWUS41 KBOX 312152 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL ARRIVE IN TWO ROUNDS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-010600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS INTERIOR ESSEX COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...18 TO 24 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME SLEET TO MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF ROUTE 2 IN MASSACHUSETTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW... OR EVEN WORSE HEAVIER SLEET...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ZERO TO 10 ABOVE FOR LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...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. && $$ MAZ007-013>016-010600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON NORTH... AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME SLEET TO MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF ROUTE 2 AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW... OR EVEN WORSE HEAVIER SLEET...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 30 WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001>003-010600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM SHOULD FINALLY END AS ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW... OR EVEN WORSE HEAVIER SLEET...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 20S TUESDAY. LOWS AROUND 20 TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 30 WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ NHZ011-012-015-010600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...18 TO 24 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS AROUND 20 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOWS 10 TO 15 ABOVE TUESDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ017>019-010600- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM SHOULD FINALLY END AS ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN...WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW...OR EVEN WORSE HEAVIER SLEET...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ MAZ020>022-RIZ004>007-010600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM SHOULD FINALLY END AS ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN...WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW...OR EVEN WORSE HEAVIER SLEET...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ RIZ008-010600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110202T0100Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 452 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES SLIPPERY...MAINLY FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ BELK
12 follow-up statements
503 WWUS41 KBOX 010315 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1015 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL ARRIVE IN TWO ROUNDS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-011115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1015 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS INTERIOR ESSEX COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...18 TO 24 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 4 AND 8 AM TUESDAY AND IMPACT THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME SLEET TO MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF ROUTE 2 IN MASSACHUSETTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ZERO TO 10 ABOVE FOR LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER 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. && $$ MAZ007-013>016-011115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY 1015 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON NORTH... AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 5 AND 8 AM TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL IMPACT AT LEAST PART OF THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY BE A CHANGE TO SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF ROUTE 2 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 30 WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001>003-011115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH 1015 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW...OR EVEN WORSE ICE...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 20S TUESDAY. LOWS AROUND 20 TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 30 WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ022-011115- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110202T1800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 1015 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 4 AND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING AND IMPACT AT LEAST PART OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION. MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE SECOND STORM ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE COULD BE A BRIEF BURST OF SNOW OR SLEET AT THE ONSET WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE BEST CHANCE NEAR THE CAPE COD CANAL. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND INTO AT LEAST PART OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ MAZ017>021-RIZ004>007-011115- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1015 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 4 AND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY AND MAY TAPER OFF AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SLEET OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR A TIME TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION MAY THEN END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN...WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW...OR EVEN WORSE ICE SLEET...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ RIZ008-011115- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110202T0100Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 1015 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM TUESDAY AND IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO PART OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$
328 WWUS41 KBOX 010847 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...A TWO PART SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY AND THEN AGAIN VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... MAZ017>019-RIZ004-011700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...WARWICK 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY 7 AM THIS MORNING AND FALL THROUGH OUT THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY EVENING POSSIBLY ENDING AS SOME LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL RE-DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW WHICH MAY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID TO LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF ALL RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY AND IMPACT PART OF THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND/OR SLEET. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * 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. && $$ MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-011700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS INTERIOR ESSEX COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY 7 AM THIS MORNING AND IMPACT PART OF THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR. SNOW WILL CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. ANY SLEET WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PART OF THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER 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. && $$ MAZ007-013>016-011700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON NORTH... AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND SOME SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY ALONG AND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL IMPACT AT LEAST PART OF THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE FALLING MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CHANGE TO SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PART OF THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. * 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-RIZ001>003-011700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY 6 AM THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL IMPACT THIS MORNING/S COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PART OF THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND/OR SLEET. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW... OR EVEN WORSE ICE...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * 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. && $$ MAZ022-011700- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A LIGHT GLAZE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY 7 AM THIS MORNING AND IMPACT AT LEAST PART OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE OUTER-CAPE. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER CAPE. MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE SECOND STORM ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE COULD BE A BRIEF BURST OF SNOW OR SLEET AT THE ONSET WEDNESDAY MORNING NEAR THE CAPE COD CANAL. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. UNTREATED ROADS MAY REMAIN SLIPPERY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-011700- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET DAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY 6 AM THIS MORNING. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY AND SHOULD CHANGE TO LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR A TIME THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE VERY LATE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY AND PROBABLY ALL RAIN FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION MAY THEN END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PART OF THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ RIZ008-011700- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.110201T1100Z-110202T0100Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 347 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY 5 AM AND IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ROADS SHOULD IMPROVE BY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ FRANK
234 WWUS41 KBOX 011647 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...A TWO PART SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY AND THEN AGAIN VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... MAZ002>006-008>012-026-NHZ011-012-015-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX 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...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER... NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS INTERIOR ESSEX COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. ANY SLEET WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * 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. && $$ MAZ007-013>016-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON NORTH...AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND SOME SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY ALONG AND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO SLEET OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. ANY SLEET WILL CHANGE BACK TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. * 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-RIZ001>003-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO SLEET OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING... BUT MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW...OR EVEN WORSE ICE...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * 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. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ004-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...WARWICK 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW THEN SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO SLEET OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING... BUT MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PORTIONS OF THE AREA MAY EVEN CHANGE TO RAIN DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW...OR EVEN WORSE ICE...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * 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. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE STEADY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. MORE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO SLEET OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE END OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH A PERIOD OR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND PERHAPS SOME ICING...EXPECTED. TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE TREACHEROUS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ RIZ008-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T0100Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALSO POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...ROADS SHOULD IMPROVE BY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ022-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 1147 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A LIGHT GLAZE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OUTER CAPE. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD THEN ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT...AND LIKELY IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW AND SLEET COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WITH RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. UNTREATED ROADS MAY REMAIN SLIPPERY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$
186 WWUS41 KBOX 012141 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...A TWO PART SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY AND THEN AGAIN VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... NHZ011-012-015-020545- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS INTERIOR ESSEX COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...DECREASING IN INTENSITY AFTER 2 PM. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER. LIGHT SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-020545- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON NORTH...AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE THROUGH MIDDAY...DECREASING IN INTENSITY AFTER 2 PM. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASS PIKE. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-020545- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON NORTH...AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING OR MIDDAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-003-020545- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 4 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002-004-020545- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-020545- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL COATING TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. RAIN WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ RIZ008-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T0100Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT GLAZE. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL END THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ022-020545- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 441 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID MORNING. RAIN WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
701 WWUS41 KBOX 012318 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... NHZ011-012-015-020730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...DECREASING IN INTENSITY AFTER 2 PM. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER. LIGHT SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-020730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE THROUGH MIDDAY...DECREASING IN INTENSITY AFTER 2 PM. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASS PIKE. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-020730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING OR MIDDAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-003-020730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 4 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002-004-020730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-020730- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL COATING TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. RAIN WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ RIZ008-020100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T0100Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT GLAZE. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL END THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ022-020730- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 618 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID MORNING. RAIN WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
776 WWUS41 KBOX 020100 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... NHZ011-012-015-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. STEADY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...DECREASING IN INTENSITY AFTER 2 PM. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER. LIGHT SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STEADY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF GLAZE ALSO POSSIBLE. * TIMING...AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-003-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 4 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002-004-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ RIZ008-020900- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1000Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A BATCH OF HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL WORK INTO THE REGION BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY TO MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE 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. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET. A COATING TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. RAIN WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ022-020900- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 800 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR THE UPPER CAPE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE THIS EVENING WITH JUST DRIZZLE ELSEWHERE. STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ONTO THE CAPE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE...WITH JUST PLAIN RAIN ELSEWHERE. THE ENTIRE REGION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE UPPER CAPE. 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. && $$
588 WWUS41 KBOX 020227 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION VERY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... NHZ011-012-015-021030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS....7 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. STEADY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... DECREASING IN INTENSITY AFTER 2 PM. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER. LIGHT SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-021030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STEADY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-021030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSEST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. ON TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE POSSIBLE JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST. * TIMING...AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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-RIZ001-003-021030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 4 AM FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002-004-021030- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...THEN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE FIRST HALF OF THE MORNING COMMUTE AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-021030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET. UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. RAIN WILL END AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ RIZ008-021000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1000Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS....A COATING OF GLAZE EXPECTED. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A BATCH OF HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL WORK INTO THE REGION BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY TO MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ022-021030- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 927 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR THE UPPER CAPE. * ACCUMULATIONS....UP TO AN INCH OF OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE. A LIGHT GLAZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE THIS EVENING WITH JUST DRIZZLE ELSEWHERE. STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ONTO THE CAPE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE...WITH JUST PLAIN RAIN ELSEWHERE. THE ENTIRE REGION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE UPPER CAPE. 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. && $$
586 WWUS41 KBOX 020919 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL MAKE FOR A TREACHEROUS MORNING RUSH HOUR... NHZ011-012-015-021730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE FOR A TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-021730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. A LIGHT GLAZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS IT DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-021730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS ALSO POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE MAKING FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER 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-RIZ001-003-021730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * 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. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002-004-021730- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. UP TO ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE ACCRETION AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING AND PROBABLY A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN BY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCRETION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE A BRIEF CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE THIS EVENING AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES BACK TO LIGHT SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ RIZ008-021300- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1300Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN UNTREATED ROADS BEING SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY 8 AM. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING. 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. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-021730- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE TURNING TO RAIN FROM EAST TO WEST BY MID TO LATE MORNING. LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...A FLASH FREEZE MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING AS ANY PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING AND MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES BACK INTO THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ022-021400- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 419 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR THE UPPER CAPE EARLY THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE EARLY THIS MORNING * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WERE CONFINED TO THE UPPER CAPE THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY 8 AM ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY IMPROVE BY MID TO LATE MORNING AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 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. && $$ FRANK
133 WWUS41 KBOX 021207 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL MAKE FOR A TREACHEROUS MORNING RUSH HOUR... RIZ008-021315- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1300Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ON BLOCK ISLAND HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING...AND PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF TODAY. $$ NHZ011-012-015-022015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE FOR A TIME. 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. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-022015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. A LIGHT GLAZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS IT DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-022015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS ALSO POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE MAKING FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-003-022015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002-004-022015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. UP TO ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE ACCRETION AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING AND PROBABLY A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN BY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCRETION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE A BRIEF CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE THIS EVENING AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES BACK TO LIGHT SNOW. * 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. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-022015- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE TURNING TO RAIN FROM EAST TO WEST BY MID TO LATE MORNING. LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...A FLASH FREEZE MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING AS ANY PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING AND MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES BACK INTO THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ022-021400- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR THE UPPER CAPE EARLY THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE EARLY THIS MORNING * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WERE CONFINED TO THE UPPER CAPE THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY 8 AM ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE UPPER CAPE. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY IMPROVE BY MID TO LATE MORNING AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 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. && $$
914 WWUS41 KBOX 021400 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL MAKE FOR A TREACHEROUS MORNING RUSH HOUR... MAZ022-021500- /O.EXP.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110202T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING ACROSS CAPE COD. THUS THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE THE STORM FINALLY MOVES AWAY FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. $$ NHZ011-012-015-022200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE FOR A TIME. 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. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-022200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. A LIGHT GLAZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS IT DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-022200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS ALSO POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE MAKING FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-003-022200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING AND THEN TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ017>019-RIZ002-004-022200- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. UP TO ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE ACCRETION AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING AND PROBABLY A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN BY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCRETION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE A BRIEF CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE THIS EVENING AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES BACK TO LIGHT SNOW. * 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. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-022200- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 900 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE TURNING TO RAIN FROM EAST TO WEST BY MID TO LATE MORNING. LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...A FLASH FREEZE MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING AS ANY PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING AND MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES BACK INTO THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
302 WWUS41 KBOX 021603 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL MAKE FOR A TREACHEROUS MORNING RUSH HOUR... MAZ017>019-021715- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S ACROSS NORTHERN BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES. THUS THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-021715- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S ACROSS SOUTHERN BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THUS THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. $$ NHZ011-012-015-030015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY....WITH TOTALS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW-COVERED AND SLIPPERY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...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. && $$ MAZ002>008-010-014-026-030015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS IT DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW-COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH A LIGHT GLAZE COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ009-011>013-015-016-030015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS ALSO POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE THIS EVENING... PARTICULARLY TOWARD THE COAST. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-003-030015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY AND RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW COMBINED WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE THIS EVENING * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ RIZ002-004-030015- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PROVIDENCE...WARWICK 1103 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCRETION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE A BRIEF CHANGE TO ALL RAIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE THIS EVENING AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES BACK TO LIGHT SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...ONE 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. && $$ BELK
239 WWUS41 KBOX 021913 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 213 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>004-022015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110203T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 213 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW..SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM. TEMPERATURES ARE PLUMMETING IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE AS IT MOVES FARTHER OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT SCATTERED SHOWERS WHICH RETURN THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. $$ BELK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 4:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 10:04 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 6 hr | |
| Jan 31, 4:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 42 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Rhode Island, 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.