Winter Storm Warning

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WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...
* LOCATIONS... SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT.
* HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS... 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING... A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY RAIN... PRECIPITATION WILL QUIKCLY CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW... WITH ALL LOCATIONS IMPACTED NO LATER THAN THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS... HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* WINDS... NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD... OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES... AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES.
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... A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...


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