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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
127 PM EST WED JAN 29 2025
MAC011-015-017-027-291900-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SQ.W.0002.250129T1827Z-250129T1900Z/
WORCESTER MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-MIDDLESEX MA-FRANKLIN MA-
127 PM EST WED JAN 29 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST.
* AT 126 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINCHENDON TO NEAR HATFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEOMINSTER, FITCHBURG, AMHERST, ORANGE, GARDNER, BELCHERTOWN, ATHOL,
GROTON, WINCHENDON, LUNENBURG, WARE, TOWNSEND, TEMPLETON,
WESTMINSTER, SHIRLEY, GRANBY, ASHBURNHAM, BARRE, HADLEY, AND
HUBBARDSTON.
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 4271 7185 4262 7160 4223 7241 4240 7263
4272 7195
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 287DEG 33KT 4264 7201 4236 7265
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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