WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST - TopicsExpress



          

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND... AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND INTERIOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS VERY EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVEN JUST RAIN...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND ENDING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL. LARGE BRANCHES AND WIRES COULD BE BROUGHT DOWN. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:55:12 +0000

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