WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1011 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM
10 PM THROUGH 1 AM. THE SNOW WILL ARRIVE THE LATEST IN NORTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY
WINDS OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTER MASSACHUSETTS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 15 INCHES
IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW
WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME
DIFFICULT.
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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