BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM
EST SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST
SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE WORST OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL
LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER BANDS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY.
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 16 INCHES...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BY
MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY
SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATER
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY
BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE
ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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