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NWS expands Winter Storm Watch to Northern RI

The National Weather Service has expanded the Winter Storm Watch in effect Saturday night into Sunday to Northern RI and the Boston metro area. The threat of a major storm has greatly diminished in the past 24 hours, but a moderate, wet snow event may occur in the areas outlined in the watch. As a result the National Weather Service office in Taunton, MA is concerned about some downed limbs and power lines during the storm. Read the text below for full details.

National Weather Service – Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
413 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2013

...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR HEAVY WET SNOW THAT MAY RESULT
IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LATE SATURDAY
INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

MAZ013-015-016-RIZ001-230515-
/O.EXB.KBOX.WS.A.0004.130223T1900Z-130225T0000Z/
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY...
FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
413 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS MUCH OF
  NORTHERN...NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN MANY
  LOCATIONS WITH SOME ISOLATED 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
  WHEN 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ITS
  POSSIBLE THAT THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH RAIN FOR A TIME NEAR
  AND JUST SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. ANY SNOW RAIN MIX
  IN THE WATCH AREA WILL THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IN THE EARLY
  MORNING SUNDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS FROM
  WEST TO EAST SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THIS WILL BE A HEAVY WET
  SNOW. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING
SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO
36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY
TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
413 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2013

...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR HEAVY WET SNOW THAT MAY RESULT
IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LATE SATURDAY
INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

MAZ002>012-014-026-NHZ011-012-015-230515-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WS.A.0004.130223T1900Z-130225T0000Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...
CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...
MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...
MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
413 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND
  NORTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
  WHEN 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ITS
  POSSIBLE THAT THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH RAIN FOR A TIME NEAR
  AND JUST SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. ANY SNOW RAIN MIX
  IN THE WATCH AREA WILL THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IN THE EARLY
  MORNING SUNDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS FROM
  WEST TO EAST SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THIS WILL BE A HEAVY WET
  SNOW. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* IMPACTS...THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THIS WILL BE A HEAVY WET
  SNOW. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING
SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO
36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY
TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP.

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