WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 808 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.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF
WORCESTER UNTIL ABOUT 10 AM...AND THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY 11 AM ACROSS NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL WORCESTER
COUNTY. ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 15 INCHES IN
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...HEAVIEST ACROSS NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST WORCESTER COUNTY AND ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING.
TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS 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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