NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
735 PM EST MON DEC 27 2010

...STRONG WIND GUSTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...

.AN INTENSE NOREASTER WILL TRACK INTO NOVA SCOTIA TONIGHT. AS THE
STORM DEPARTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT ACROSS
PARTS OF RHODE ISLAND...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...CAPE
COD...NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND.

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EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...
BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT
735 PM EST MON DEC 27 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...COASTAL RHODE ISLAND.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
  EXPECTED.

* TIMING...THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SOME TREE
  LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY MORE COMMON IN
  AREAS WHERE HEAVY WET SNOW IS COATING TREES CAUSING THEM TO BE
  WEAKENED. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.  DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

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