Ice Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
420 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.COLD HIGH PRESSURE WITH ITS RESERVOIR OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES HAS
BECOME ENTRENCHED FROM NEW YORK STATE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND
SOUTHEAST CANADA TODAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARD NEW ENGLAND FROM
ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONSTANTLY DRAW UPON
THAT POOL OF COLD AIR TO OUR NORTH WHILE HEAVY PRECIPITATION FLOWS
NORTHWARD WITH THE MOISTURE LADEN LOW PRESSURE CENTER. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A MAJOR ICE STORM FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...PARTICULARLY NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY INTO THE MONADNOCKS.
THE LOW PRESSURE GALE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
FRIDAY MORNING AND DEPART FOR THE MARITIMES IN THE AFTERNOON.

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CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
420 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE MORE DEFINED ICE STORM WARNING.

THE WARNING COVERS ALL OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES WITH
MAJOR IMPACT LIKELY IN THE MONADNOCKS.

FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES WITH GLAZING EASING AT DAWN
AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO AROUND FREEZING.

HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF GLAZE WILL PROBABLY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF 1 INCH THICK ICE ON TREES AND WIRES...
ESPECIALLY THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES.

SLEET MAY BRIEFLY BE MIXED WITH THE FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING.

UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS ARE ALREADY BECOMING ICY. IF TRAVELING
YOU SHOULD ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH LONG DURATION
POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THE MONADNOCK REGION.

AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE HALF INCH
OR GREATER. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.  ICE ACCRETION
COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IF YOUR POWER
GOES OUT...DO NOT USE CANDLES. HAVE BATTERIES AND FLASHLIGHTS ON
HAND.  IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.