[SKYWARN RI] Winter Storm Message 2
- From: TVSMESO@xxxxxxx
- To: skywarnri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:37:08 EST
Hello all....We are now in a Winter Storm Warning for us here in RI. Total
snowfall amounts are from 4-8inches snow. Please send in your reports the
the NWS or send me the report...and ill forward them. Below is the National
Weather Services WSW text.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
735 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2003
MAZ017>024-RIZ002>007-072003-
BARNSTABLE MA-BRISTOL RI-DUKES MA-EASTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
735 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2003
...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO NOW INCLUDE ALL OF
SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...EXCEPT NORTHWEST
PROVIDENCE COUNTY. LATEST SATELLITE...RADAR AND COMPUTER
INFORMATION INDICATES A SOMEWHAT HEAVIER SNOWFALL APPEARS TO BE IN
STORE FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND.
IN MASSACHUSETTS...THE WARNING NOW INCLUDES PLYMOUTH...BROCTON AND
TAUNTON...IN ADDITION TO NEW BEDFORD...WAREHAM...CAPE COD...
NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. IN RHODE ISLAND...THE WARNING NOW
INCLUDES THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE IN ADDITION TO WESTERLY... KINGSTON
AND NEWPORT.
SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 12
INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND...INCLUDING CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK
ISLAND. TOTAL ACCUMULATION IN THE PROVIDENCE...TAUNTON AND PLYMOUTH
AREA IS EXPECTED TO REACH 4 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF
THIS EVENING.
THE SNOW IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT WILL PASS WELL
SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A
POWDERY TYPE OF SNOW. AT TIMES VISIBILITY IN THE WARNING AREA WILL
BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF MID OR LATE EVENING.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATING MORE
THAN 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
$$
CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>016-RIZ001-072005-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-HARTFORD CT-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-
WINDHAM CT-
735 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2003
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...AND FOR
AREAS IN MASSACHUSETTS ALONG THE MASS PIKE. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES
THE HARTFORD...WILLIMANTIC AND PUTNAM AREAS IN CONNECTICUT AS WELL
AS WOONSOCKET IN RHODE ISLAND. IN MASSACHUSETTS...THE ADVISORY
INCLUDES GREATER BOSTON...WORCESTER...SPRINGFIELD AND FOXBOROUGH.
SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY TONIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES
ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. SOMEWHAT HIGHER TOTALS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE
ISLAND.
THE SNOW IS THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT WILL PASS WELL
SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A
POWDERY TYPE OF SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 7
AND 9 PM ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 3
AND 6 INCHES.
$$
THOMPSON
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