One product issued by NWS for: Providence RI
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 352 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>024-RIZ001>008-100500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0002.100210T1300Z-100211T0600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 352 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON...PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY DURING THIS TIME. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE DAY COMMUTE. AS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR A TIME...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE SNOW WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO IMPACT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH COUNTY NORTHWARD TO CAPE ANN. 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. && $$