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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
328 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
MAC005-021-023-RIC001-007-172100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SQ.W.0014.240217T2028Z-240217T2100Z/
NORFOLK MA-PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-PROVIDENCE RI-BRISTOL RI-
328 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
NORTHEASTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST.
* AT 328 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SCITUATE TO WEST BRIDGEWATER TO LINCOLN, 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...
PROVIDENCE, BROCKTON, PAWTUCKET, PLYMOUTH, TAUNTON, WEYMOUTH, EAST
PROVIDENCE, CUMBERLAND, NORTH PROVIDENCE, JOHNSTON, NORTH
ATTLEBOROUGH, STOUGHTON, BRIDGEWATER, MARSHFIELD, ATTLEBORO,
MANSFIELD, MIDDLEBOROUGH, EASTON, HINGHAM, AND SMITHFIELD.
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 4192 7062 4174 7125 4191 7161 4211 7114
4222 7072 4221 7067 4198 7059 4196 7055
4196 7056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 291DEG 26KT 4217 7073 4205 7103 4191 7145
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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