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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
312 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
MAC009-017-172030-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SQ.W.0012.240217T2012Z-240217T2030Z/
ESSEX MA-MIDDLESEX MA-
312 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
EAST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST.
* AT 311 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SALISBURY TO HAMILTON TO STONEHAM, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
LYNN, PEABODY, SALEM, BILLERICA, BEVERLY, WOBURN, ANDOVER, TEWKSBURY,
GLOUCESTER, NORTH ANDOVER, MELROSE, SAUGUS, DANVERS, WAKEFIELD,
READING, BURLINGTON, WILMINGTON, STONEHAM, MARBLEHEAD, AND
NEWBURYPORT.
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 4283 7081 4281 7087 4280 7083 4282 7082
4280 7081 4280 7079 4270 7073 4272 7061
4265 7055 4258 7062 4243 7089 4251 7128
4270 7103 4286 7086 4287 7083 4287 7082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 294DEG 22KT 4287 7075 4262 7084 4247 7109
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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