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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1253 PM EST THU DEC 5 2024
MAC011-013-015-051830-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SQ.W.0016.241205T1753Z-241205T1830Z/
HAMPSHIRE MA-FRANKLIN MA-HAMPDEN MA-
1253 PM EST THU DEC 5 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 130 PM EST.
* AT 1250 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MONROE TO NEAR EAST WINDSOR TO NEAR SHEFFIELD,
MOVING EAST AT 20 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 30 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED OBSERVATION INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTFIELD, NORTHAMPTON, GREENFIELD, DEERFIELD, EASTHAMPTON, MONROE,
SOUTHWICK, SOUTHAMPTON, HATFIELD, WILLIAMSBURG, HUNTINGTON,
BERNARDSTON, BUCKLAND, CONWAY, SHELBURNE, RUSSELL, ASHFIELD, COLRAIN,
WESTHAMPTON, AND GRANVILLE.
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.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4215 7307 4214 7305 4215 7303 4231 7300
4233 7306 4238 7307 4239 7301 4266 7295
4267 7300 4270 7295 4270 7302 4274 7302
4273 7254 4245 7262 4204 7282 4204 7305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 273DEG 19KT 4271 7296 4247 7305 4210 7331
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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