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WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006
...A DEVELOPING STORM COULD BRING A MIXTURE OF WINTER WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN
WILL REDEVELOP INTO A COASTAL LOW OFF THE DELMARVA COAST LATE TONIGHT.
THIS LOW WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES WELL SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND
DURING TUESDAY.
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...
MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
502 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
VALLEY EARLY THIS EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
TO SNOW THIS EVENING.
THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST
RHODE ISLAND TONIGHT...THEN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA.
AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL WRAP
AROUND THE STORM...CAUSING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO
SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO
10 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL DURING TUESDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT. SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 7 TO 18 INCHES WITH
HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE GREATEST TOTALS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.
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