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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
228 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
CTC015-MAC005-017-021-023-025-027-RIC007-172000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SQ.W.0009.240217T1928Z-240217T2000Z/
WINDHAM CT-WORCESTER MA-NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-MIDDLESEX MA-
PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-PROVIDENCE RI-
228 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 300 PM EST.
* AT 227 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WELLESLEY TO NEAR 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...
BOSTON, BROCKTON, QUINCY, NEWTON, FRAMINGHAM, WALTHAM, BROOKLINE,
WEYMOUTH, WOONSOCKET, BRAINTREE, CUMBERLAND, NATICK, RANDOLPH,
WATERTOWN, FRANKLIN, NEEDHAM, NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, NORWOOD, MILFORD,
AND WELLESLEY.
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 4227 7081 4197 7113 4186 7165 4207 7197
4216 7155 4240 7129
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 301DEG 19KT 4232 7129 4214 7149 4206 7182
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
BELK
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