...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT NEWPORT COUNTY AND BLOCK ISLAND...AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...THE SOUTH COAST...CAPE AND ISLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL START BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ZONES...THEN OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 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. &&