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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
120 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
MEC017-NHC003-171900-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SQ.W.0011.240217T1820Z-240217T1900Z/
OXFORD ME-CARROLL NH-
120 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST.
* AT 118 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PINKHAM NOTCH TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDWICH,
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...FLASH FREEZE ON ROADS. 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 20 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THE KANCAMAGUS HIGHWAY WILL BE IMPACTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONWAY, BRIDGTON, FRYEBURG, OSSIPEE, MOULTONBOROUGH, EFFINGHAM,
WATERFORD, TAMWORTH, SANDWICH, WOLFEBORO, BARTLETT, MADISON,
BROWNFIELD, FREEDOM, DENMARK, LOVELL, JACKSON, ALBANY, EATON, AND
CHATHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY FREEZE. BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE ROADS,
BRIDGES, AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. SLOW DOWN AND
BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION.
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4392 7136 4403 7138 4407 7135 4409 7138
4413 7138 4416 7136 4409 7134 4409 7131
4424 7125 4424 7104 4429 7103 4419 7068
4412 7074 4408 7082 4408 7087 4406 7086
4404 7081 4365 7114 4379 7154 4389 7156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 278DEG 24KT 4427 7118 4389 7155
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
MSC
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