A winter storm tracking from the Great Lakes to just south of New England brought heavy snow to northern Providence County. The highest snowfall totals were found in the higher elevations, where 6 to 8 inches of snow fell.
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A winter storm tracking from the Great Lakes to just south of New England brought heavy snow to northern Providence County. The highest snowfall totals were found in the higher elevations, where 6 to 8 inches of snow fell.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 2:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
230 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2001
RECEIVING REPORTS OF SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 11/2 INCHES PER HOUR IN
THE HARTFORD AREA...BURLINGTON CT HAS 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. BACK
EDGE OF PCPN SHIELD IS MOVG THRU EXTREME WRN CT SO ANY +SN SHOULD
END EARLY THIS EVE SWRN ZNS.
OTHER AREA OF HVY PCPN MOVG INTO RI AND SE MA ATTM. ATMOS WILL COOL
TO YIELD RA DURING LIGHTER PERIODS AND SN WHEN IT COMES DOWN HARD.
FEEL SNOW AMTS OF 3-6 IN BOS-PVD CORRIDOR LOOK GOOD WITH RAPID
DROPOFF TO THE SE...DOWN TO 1-3 CC AND ISLANDS. PCPN WILL TAPER
DURING THE NIGHT...WITH SOME LEFTOVER -SHSN MOVG THRU SRN AREAS LATE
AS UPR LO MOVES THRU.
HVY SN MOVG INTO NRN MA AND SWRN NH ZNS ATTM...AND SHOULD REMAIN
OVER THESE AREAS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL KEEP FCST OF 6-12
INCHES.
SFC LO BRINGING HVY PCPN TO SNE WILL TRACK ACROSS CC TNGT AND THEN
DEEPEN OVER GULF OF MAINE SAT. NW WINDS WILL INCR TO GALES SAT.
.BOX...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT
MAZ002>012-014 NHZ011-012 CTZ002>004
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT
MAZ013-015>019 RIZ001>004
GLW ANZ231>235-2O37-250-254-255
SCA ANZ230-236.
FRANKLINThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Rhode Island in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, March 2001
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