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Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
256 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...STRONG COASTAL STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE
AREA STARTING FRIDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT.
THIS LOW WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD... PASSING JUST SOUTHEAST
OF NANTUCKET LATE FRIDAY...THEN MOVE EAST FROM THERE ON SATURDAY.
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE MAINE COAST. THE
EVENTUAL TRACK AND SMALL SCALE FEATURES WITHIN THE STORM WILL
DETERMINE EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...A LARGE PORTION OF THE
REGION WILL SEE A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
APPROACHING TWO FEET OR MORE. IN ADDITION...THE RAPIDLY
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE
COAST...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

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COASTAL YORK-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
256 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL
  YORK COUNTY IN MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.

* TIMING...A LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING...BUT CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL
  BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

Coastal Flood Warning

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
307 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE SATURDAY
MORNING...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND MOVE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET
MASSACHUSETTS FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. A LONG FETCH OF
STRONG NORTHEASTERLY TO NORTHERN WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR VERY LARGE SEAS
TO DEVELOP THAT MAY COINCIDE WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

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COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
307 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM EST SATURDAY. THE
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATION...THE MID COAST OF MAINE SOUTHWARD TO THE SEACOAST OF
  NEW HAMPSHIRE.

* COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH TIDE AT PORTLAND IS EXPECTED TO BE 11
  FEET AROUND 10 AM SATURDAY. STRONG NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS MAY
  PUSH STORM TIDES TO AROUND 13 FEET. OFFSHORE SEAS OF 25 TO 30
  FEET OR MORE IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED
  TO RESULT IN MODERATE TO POSSIBLE MAJOR COASTAL
  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MAINE COAST SOUTH OF PORTLAND TO
  THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST IN AREAS
  TYPICALLY PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH
  EROSION ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR COASTAL FLOODING...AND TO
  CONSIDER THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL BE OCCURRING AS THE TIDE RISES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT...
AS FLOODING...SIGNIFICANT SPLASH OVER...AND BEACH EROSION ARE
EXPECTED.