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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
259 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
MAC005-021-023-025-027-RIC007-172030-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SQ.W.0011.240217T1959Z-240217T2030Z/
WORCESTER MA-NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-
PROVIDENCE RI-
259 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST.
* AT 259 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEYMOUTH TO SHARON TO WOONSOCKET, MOVING EAST
AT 30 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOSTON, BROCKTON, QUINCY, PAWTUCKET, TAUNTON, WEYMOUTH, WOONSOCKET,
BRAINTREE, CUMBERLAND, RANDOLPH, FRANKLIN, NEEDHAM, NORTH
ATTLEBOROUGH, NORWOOD, MILTON, STOUGHTON, BRIDGEWATER, MARSHFIELD,
ATTLEBORO, AND DEDHAM.
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 4193 7080 4186 7136 4201 7172 4216 7135
4228 7120 4223 7069 4221 7068 4216 7065
4215 7065
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 288DEG 26KT 4223 7096 4209 7117 4200 7154
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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