...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INTO NORTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL PICKUP IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FALLING MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY. THE SNOW
SHOULD COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY
MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS TO BECOME SNOW
COVERED AND SLIPPERY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY
TRUE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SNOW FALLS MODERATE TO
HEAVY AT TIMES.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 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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