NEW: High Wind Warning in Effect From 1 p.m. - 10 p.m. on Tuesday
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning in effect from 1-10 p.m. The Weather Service warns that winds could reach 25 miles per hour and include gusts up to 60 miles per hour.
The strongest winds are expected to occur late in the afternoon.
Read the Warning Below
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
246 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
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-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE...
WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...
NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
246 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING.
* LOCATION...MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING...WHEN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS
CROSSES THE REGION.
* IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE...AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN A FEW
LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND COULD BRING DOWN LARGE BRANCHES...OR EVEN
TREES AND POWER LINES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.
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