...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL PICKUP IN INTENSITY
WEDNESDAY TONIGHT...FALLING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM 9 PM TONIGHT
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 THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE LATER TONIGHT
WHEN THE SNOW FALLS MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION THIS
WILL BE A WET SNOW...WHICH MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS
ALONG WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF 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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