Easter Weekend Winter Storm Update Three

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
252 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015

...HEAVY WET SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED TODAY...

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NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...
HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS
252 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF FAR EASTERN MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND WIND.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN A NARROW BAND ALONG
  AND SOUTH OF A EASTON TO MILLINOCKET LINE AND NORTHWEST OF
  HOULTON.

* SNOWFALL RATE...1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN HEAVY BANDS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN
  HEAVY SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGH THE 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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