WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 428 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTRY WEATHER WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE...
.POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
TODAY. VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST
OF THE BOSTON PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS
TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE TO
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY RAIN BY DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...LAWRENCE...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
428 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...
WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...LAWRENCE...
FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
AT 4 AM SNOW WAS OVESPREADING MUCH OF CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND
AND WILL BECOME 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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