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WWUS51 KALY 202218
SQWALY
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
618 PM EDT WED MAR 20 2024
MAC003-202230-
/O.CON.KALY.SQ.W.0018.000000T0000Z-240320T2230Z/
BERKSHIRE MA-
618 PM EDT WED MAR 20 2024
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
AT 617 PM EDT, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED OVER OTIS, OR 15
MILES EAST OF GREAT BARRINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 40 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 GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEE, LENOX, BECKET, OTIS, HOUSATONIC, STOCKBRIDGE, RICHMOND, WEST
STOCKBRIDGE, TYRINGHAM, BARKERVILLE, MAHKEENAC HEIGHTS, NORTH OTIS,
GLENDALE, TANGLEWOOD, NEW LENOX, WILLIAMSVILLE, LENOX DALE, THE
CENTER AT LENOX, EAST OTIS, AND COLD SPRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4214 7303 4226 7345 4245 7337 4234 7306
4233 7306 4231 7303 4231 7300 4225 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 270DEG 36KT 4220 7307
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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