URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
337 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM LIKELY TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND
AND PARTICULARLY THE CAPE AND ISLANDS VERY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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B​ARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
337 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014

...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHA/S VINEYARD.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH A LOW
PROBABILITY FOR UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS THE OUTER-CAPE AND
NANTUCKET.

* TIMING...VERY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. IN
ADDITION...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER
OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. LOW
PROBABILITY FOR A FEW GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE FORCE ACROSS THE
OUTER-CAPE AND NANTUCKET.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST
3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL
VERY DANGEROUS.