...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 3 PM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
2 AM TO 3 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS NORTH OF THE CAPE
COD CANAL...AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST
BETWEEN 1 AND 5 AM FRIDAY. SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY TO
MID AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
FRIDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AND ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER OF A MILE 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.

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