Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Winter Storm Warning

 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE 
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 
 354 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 
  
 ...LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY 
 ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION... 
  
 MAZ002>016-026-081700- 
 /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150210T0600Z/ 
 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-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- 
 SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- 
 NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 
 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... 
 BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... 
 CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... 
 MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... 
 QUINCY...AYER 
 354 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 
  
 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST 
 TUESDAY... 
  
 * LOCATIONS...MASSACHUSETTS NORTH OF THE CONNECTICUT AND RHODE 
   ISLAND BORDER. 
  
 * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. 
  
 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...POSSIBLY UP TO 24 INCHES 
   IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS, 
  
 * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO HEAVIER 
   SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. 
  
 * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING 
   THIS LONG DURATION EVENT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LIKELY BY 
   MONDAY ALONG THE COAST YIELDING POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 
  
 * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 
  
 * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 
  
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 
  
 TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE 
 DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. 
  
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http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MAZ015&warncounty=MAC025&firewxzone=MAZ015 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yja2VmZOfdA [with comments] [via/embedded at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/06/train-in-snow-video_n_6630678.html (with comments)]