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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
226 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
CTC003-013-015-MAC013-027-RIC003-007-172000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SQ.W.0008.240217T1926Z-240217T2000Z/
WINDHAM CT-TOLLAND CT-HARTFORD CT-WORCESTER MA-HAMPDEN MA-KENT RI-
PROVIDENCE RI-
226 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
CENTRAL TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHEASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTH CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
WEST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 300 PM EST.
* AT 224 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WAYLAND TO MILFORD TO WEBSTER, MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS WILL IMPACT I-495 FROM HOPKINTON TO FRANKLIN THROUGH 300 PM,
MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANCHESTER, GLASTONBURY, VERNON, MANSFIELD, WINDHAM, PLAINFIELD,
SMITHFIELD, WILLIMANTIC, KILLINGLY, SOUTHBRIDGE, BURRILLVILLE,
TOLLAND, COVENTRY, STAFFORD, NORTH SMITHFIELD, DUDLEY, SCITUATE,
GLOCESTER, HEBRON, AND PUTNAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
LAT...LON 4208 7210 4192 7148 4164 7187 4163 7195
4166 7216 4171 7224 4169 7227 4167 7227
4164 7233 4175 7255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 301DEG 19KT 4234 7133 4215 7153 4208 7186
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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