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Super Snow Sunday


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Pretty sure those blizz warnings have to be BLSN related?

Seems like it.

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1224 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WINTER STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CENTRAL AND

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND THIS MORNING...

MAZ012-026-RIZ001>004-151330-

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SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-

NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-

EASTERN KENT RI-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...FOSTER...

SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK

1224 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON

TO 8 AM EST MONDAY...

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD

WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE

WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY

SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL

VALUES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING...A LULL IN THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING

HOURS...THEN HEAVIER SNOW WILL RETURN BEFORE SUNRISE BEFORE

TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WORST CONDITIONS WITH HEAVY

SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THIS

MORNING...BUT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS

WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND POTENTIALLY

LIFE THREATENING SUNDAY MORNING DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS FOR

TRAVEL THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING

SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS.

POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED AT SOME LOCATIONS DUE TO VERY

STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO

MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN THE WIND CHILL INDEX IS

LIKELY TO FALL TO -25 DEGREES OR COLDER FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. A

WIND CHILL INDEX BELOW -30 CAN BRING ABOUT FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE

AS 10 MINUTES. OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED. IF YOU ARE

HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND KEEP YOUR HANDS AND HEAD

COVERED TO PROTECT AGAINST FROSTBITE

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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