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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Winter Storm Warning - URGENT - Winter Weather Message

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
711 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

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WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF......SPRINGFIELD...

711 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS...CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT...INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...MAINLY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THURSDAY EVENING. 
* THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS RUTLAND AND WINDSOR COUNTIES WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL EXPECTED WITH HEAVY SNOW...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. LOWS 2 TO 12 ABOVE.

* VISIBILITIES...BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY
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PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

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