WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 650 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF
HARTFORD... WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...
WILLIMANTIC...LAWRENCE... FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...
FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
AT 7 AM SNOW COVERED MUCH OF CONNECTICUT AND INTERIOR RHODE ISLAND
SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE
TO A SHORT PERIOD OF SLEET THEN TO ALL RAIN DURING MID TO LATE
MORNING.
SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THIS REGION.
SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO HEAVY RAIN DURING MIDDAY OR THE AFTERNOON
AND IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING.
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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