Blizzard Warning for Eastern Essex County, MAIssued by The National Weather Service
Boston, MAFri, Feb 13, 3:18 pm EST
... BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS... EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS.
* HAZARD TYPES... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... POOR VISIBILITIES... AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES... EXCEPT 8 TO 10 INCHES ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET. SNOW DRIFTS OF SEVERAL FEET DEEP CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
* TIMING... SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS FOR TRAVEL WELL INTO SUNDAY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME LOCATIONS DUE TO VERY STRONG WINDS.
* WINDS... NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH.* VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES... AROUND 20.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MUST BE COMPLETED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED. STAY INDOORS.
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More Information... WINTER STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS WEEKEND AND HEAVY SNOW FARTHER INLAND...
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