Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013 A POTENTIAL HISTORIC WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD IS EXPECTED To DROP UP TO 3 FEET OF SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY... MAZ002>004-008>011-026-NHZ011-015-081745- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.130208T1100Z-130209T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 439 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF MORE THAN 2 FEET. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY LATE IN THE DAY INTO THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY TAPERING
OFF LATE SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND 1 MILE. WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 40 MPH... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES ALONG WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. 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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