...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY 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 6 AM TUESDAY TO
1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM BOSTON NORTH...
AS WELL AS NORFOLK AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN
MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT...LIKELY
AFFECTING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH
THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TUESDAY EVENING. MORE SNOW
THEN SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS
POSSIBLE FOR SOME SLEET TO MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF ROUTE 2
AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES TREACHEROUS. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW...
OR EVEN WORSE HEAVIER SLEET...COULD FURTHER STRAIN WEAKER
STRUCTURES AND TREE LIMBS. POWER LINES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED...
RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS
AROUND 30 WEDNESDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...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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