As of just after noon today The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch and coastal flood watch for Norfolk County (that’s us). Click “Read more” for details. To go directly to National Weather service forecast for Milton go here.

 

• … BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT…
• * LOCATIONS… EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
• * HAZARD TYPES… HEAVY SNOW… STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
• * ACCUMULATIONS… SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.
• * TIMING… THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
• * IMPACTS… HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. ALONG THE SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND COAST… THE SNOW MAY BE WET ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE AND LIFE THREATENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HISTORIC STORM.
• * WINDS… NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
• * TEMPERATURES… IN THE LOWER 20S.
• * VISIBILITIES… ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
• A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE… MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. BE PREPARED TO ALTER ANY TRAVEL PLANS.

 

• … COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING…
• * LOCATION… THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST INCLUDING CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.
• * COASTAL FLOODING… MODERATE TO PERHAPS ISOLATED POCKETS OF MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BEACH EROSION.
• * TIMING… DURING THE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE CYCLES.
• * IMPACTS… FLOODING OF VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND BASEMENTS POSSIBLE. SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BEACH EROSION.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
• A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MODERATE OR MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING. MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING PRODUCES WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND/OR BASEMENTS DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF STORM TIDE AND/OR WAVE ACTION. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ARE NEEDED. LIVES MAY BE AT RISK FOR PEOPLE WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY. ISOLATED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MAY BE OBSERVED.
• MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING IS CONSIDERED SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE AT LEAST SCATTERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND/OR BASEMENTS. SOME VULNERABLE HOMES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE… SOME WITH WASHOUTS SEVERE ENOUGH TO BE LIFE- THREATENING IF ONE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS ON FOOT OR BY VEHICLE. SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE ISOLATED. EVACUATION OF SOME NEIGHBORHOODS MAY BE NECESSARY.