WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR
NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EAST COASTAL
MASSACHUSETTS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE
WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...HEAVIEST ACROSS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND
RHODE ISLAND AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY BY MID MORNING...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TO
MIDDAY.
TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH MOST OF THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD
IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON.
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.
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THOMPSON
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