A quick-hitting snowstorm will bring a few inches of snow to coastal Southern New England on Monday, February 3, 2014. Snow was developing early in the morning, and it will be steadiest through the midday hours. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for all of RI and coastal SE MA, and most of CT.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 359 AM EST MON FEB 3 2014 ...TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING WINTER WEATHER TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS WEEK... .TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS WEEK. THE FIRST WILL PASS WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY BUT BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY NIGHT AND PASS NEAR OUR SOUTH COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SECOND STORM WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL AS SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. CTZ004-MAZ020-021-RIZ001>007-031700- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0004.140203T1200Z-140204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0004.140205T0500Z-140205T2300Z/ WINDHAM CT-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT 359 AM EST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...MOST OF RHODE ISLAND. WINDHAM COUNTY CT. SOUTH COASTAL BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. * TIMING...THE ADVISORY IS FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ADVISORY WILL BRING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH MAY COVER ROADS AND WALKWAYS. THE WATCH MAY BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. 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. && $$