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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

330 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005



.A POWERFUL NOREASTER IS EXPECTED TO BRING

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN

NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

AS IT TRACKS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET. THIS STORM HAS THE

POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM

THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.



THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS WITHIN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

SHOULD HAVE TRAVEL COMPLETED SATURDAY MORNING...

OR POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON IF POSSIBLE.

THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING

SITUATION FOR THOSE WHO VENTURE OUT DURING THE HEIGHT OF

THE STORM SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY....

HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM

6 PM EST SATURDAY UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MA HAS

ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND A BLIZZARD WATCH...

COVERING RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO CAPE COD AND THE

ISLANDS.



SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN

WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR

SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WHEN

SNOW COULD FALL AT THE RATE OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR.

STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.



SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL

ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER A

LARGE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE

IMMEDIATE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST...AS WELL

AS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.



IF THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS

INCREASES...BLIZZARD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IN

LATER FORECASTS.



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