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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
244 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
MEC001-005-011-023-031-172045-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SQ.W.0012.240217T1944Z-240217T2045Z/
KENNEBEC ME-YORK ME-ANDROSCOGGIN ME-CUMBERLAND ME-SAGADAHOC ME-
244 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
KENNEBEC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
NORTHERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
NORTHWESTERN SAGADAHOC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
* UNTIL 345 PM EST.
* AT 243 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAKLAND TO NEAR CORNISH, MOVING EAST AT 25 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 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 295 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 26, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 40 AND 51.
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 131, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 134 AND 135.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTLAND, LEWISTON, AUBURN, BRUNSWICK, AUGUSTA, WESTBROOK,
WATERVILLE, FAIRFIELD, GARDINER, BRIDGTON, MECHANIC FALLS, OAKLAND,
NAPLES, TURNER, TOPSHAM, CUMBERLAND, SACO, GORHAM, FALMOUTH, AND
BUXTON.
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 4448 6939 4357 7045 4376 7097 4381 7088
4381 7078 4394 7074 4405 7061 4401 7055
4404 7051 4402 7047 4406 7048 4429 7029
4462 6986 4458 6980 4461 6978 4458 6960
4462 6958 4459 6941 4455 6942 4454 6937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 281DEG 21KT 4459 6984 4381 7082
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
MSC
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