[W1SMH] Fwd: Situational Awareness Statement: Major Winter Storm
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-------- Original message --------From: "Hamel, Jaclyn (CDA)" <Jaclyn.Hamel at MassMail.State.MA.US> Date: 2/9/17 15:18 (GMT-05:00) To: Ray Cord 2 <raycord at aol.com> Subject: Situational Awareness Statement: Major Winter Storm
MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS STATEMENT
DATE: 2/09/2017
TIME: 3:00 PM
SUBJECT: Major Winter Storm
SITUATION
Heavy snow continues to impact the Commonwealth. The NWS expanded the Blizzard Warning into the Boston to Providence corridor; strong winds will result in white out conditions at times and travel is highly discouraged in this region through early evening. Overall a widespread 10 to 18 inches of snow is anticipated for most of the region. Heavy snow tapers off to a lighter snow by 3 pm and should come to a complete end by 6 pm in Western MA. Heavy snow will fall at the rate of 2 to 4 inches at times before diminishing in intensity between 5 and 8 pm from west to east. Lighter snow will then end in most locations by 10 pm, but may linger a few hours longer across the Cape and Nantucket. Damaging wind gusts of 55-70 mph through 8 or 9 pm this evening across the Cape and Islands. Tree damage and power outages are a big concern especially given the wind chills dropping between 0 and 10 below zero tonight.
WATCHES/WARNINGS:
Winter Storm Warning
Issued: February 09 at 12:04PM EST
Expiring: February 09 at 6:00PM EST <https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MA12583E2713E0.WinterStormWarning.12583E27FCB0MA.ALYWSWALY.25d634fc449a3ebbd789ae15e35ba25d>
Areas affected: Northern Berkshire; Southern Berkshire
Blizzard Warning
Issued: February 09 at 1:24PM EST
Expiring: February 09 at 8:00PM EST <https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MA12583E2742C0.BlizzardWarning.12583E33E390MA.BOXWSWBOX.0d7bc8a741b8a246783d82f9c89d3536>
Areas affected: Eastern Essex; Eastern Norfolk; Northern Bristol; Southeast Middlesex; Suffolk;
Western Essex; Western Norfolk; Western Plymouth
Blizzard Warning
Issued: February 09 at 1:24PM EST
Expiring: February 09 at 8:00PM EST <https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MA12583E2742C0.BlizzardWarning.12583E33E390MA.BOXWSWBOX.e1b62d3a089c1a2f57487644bcef0361>
Areas affected: Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth
Blizzard Warning
Issued: February 09 at 1:24PM EST
Expiring: February 09 at 8:00PM EST <https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MA12583E2742C0.BlizzardWarning.12583E33E390MA.BOXWSWBOX.5e3c1bf18d99b4826ccba2883b60da38>
Areas affected: Barnstable; Dukes; Eastern Plymouth; Nantucket
Winter Storm Warning
Issued: February 09 at 1:24PM EST
Expiring: February 09 at 8:00PM EST <https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MA12583E2742C0.WinterStormWarning.12583E33E390MA.BOXWSWBOX.c88481b019991bf17989e98e75c02cb8>
Areas affected: Eastern Franklin; Eastern Hampden; Eastern Hampshire; Northern Worcester; Northwest Middlesex County; Southern Worcester; Western Franklin; Western Hampden; Western Hampshire
Winter Storm Warning
Issued: February 09 at 1:24PM EST
Expiring: February 09 at 8:00PM EST <https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MA12583E2742C0.WinterStormWarning.12583E33E390MA.BOXWSWBOX.9baf6a1261da1c9f9c9ba786230d264e>
Areas affected: Central Middlesex
CURRENT RADAR
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SNOWFALL REPORTS:
ACUSHNET: 3.0”
AGAWAM: 10.0”
AMHERST: 10.0”
ARLINGTON: 2.0”
ASHBURNHAM: 11.0”
ASHFIELD: 7.5”
ATHOL: 11.0”
ATTLEBORO: 3.0”
AUBURN: 4.5”
BARRE: 3.5”
BELCHERTOWN: 15.5”
CUMMINGTON: 6.0”
DEERFIELD: 6.8”
DOUGLAS: 1.5”
DRACUT 3.8”
DUDLEY: 5.0”
EAST ARLINGTON: 3.5”
EAST HAMPDEN: 6.8”
EAST LONGMEADOW: 11.8”
FITCHBURG: 13.0”
FRAMINGHAM: 3.9”
FREETOWN: 1.5”
GARDNER: 11.5”
GRANBY: 14.8”
GROTON: 7.0”
HARDWICK: 12.0”
HAMPDEN: 11.5”
HAVERHILL: 4.0”
HEATH: 9.0”
HOLDEN: 2.0”
HOPKINTON: 2.2”
HUBBARDSTON: 12.8”
KINGSTON: 0.5”
LEOMINSTER: 9.7”
LEXINGTON: 3.8”
LONGMEADOW: 12.5”
LOWELL: 5.5”
LUDLOW: 18.0”
LUNENBURG: 12.3”
MELROSE: 3.0”
MENDON: 5.0”
MONSON: 4.5”
MONTAGUE: 6.0”
MILFORD: 4.0”
MILLIS: 3.8”
NATICK: 3.0”
NEW BEDFORD: 2.0”
NEW BRAINTREE: 10.0”
NORTH AMHERST: 14.0”
NORTH DIGHTON: 3.8”
NORTH GRAFTON: 4.0”
NORTH READING: 2.0”
ORANGE: 12.0”
PEPPERELL: 9.0”
QUINCY: 3.8”
RANDOLPH: 3.5”
REHOBOTH: 4.8”
ROCHDALE: 1.5”
ROCKLAND: 2.3”
SOMERVILLE: 2.6”
SOUTH BOSTON: 3.0”
SOUTH DEERFIELD: 2.0”
SOUTHWICK: 12.7”
SPENCER: 5.0”
SPRINGFIELD: 13.0”
STERLING: 1.0”
STOW: 1.0”
STURBRIDGE: 7.0”
TAUNTON: 5.0”
TEWKSBURY: 2.3”
TOPSFIELD: 1.5”
WALES: 5.0”
WALTHAM: 4.0”
WARE: 13.6”
WARREN: 5.5”
WEST ACUSHNET: 4.0”
WESTFIELD: 16.4”
WESTFORD: 5.5”
WESTPORT: 5.5”
WEST SPRINGFIELD: 15.0”
WILBRAHAM: 12.0”
WILMINGTON: 2.2”
WINTHROP: 1.7”
WORCESTER: 5.5”
WORTHINGTON: 5.9”
WIND DAMAGE / WIND GUST REPORTS:
1001 AM: Winthrop, MA: 46 MPH Gust
1035 AM: Rockport, MA: 55 MPH Gust
1040 AM: Marshfield, MA: Union Street - Tree and Wires Down
1043 AM: Hingham, MA: 8" Tree limb down on Lincoln Street
1055 AM: Marshfield, MA: Brant Rock section by the esplanade of Ocean Street closed due to coastal flooding
1059 AM: Fairhaven, MA - West Island: 53 MPH Gust
1102 AM: Kingston, MA: Ferry street - Large Branch
1100 AM: Swansea, MA: Tree down on Route 6
1115 AM: Edgartown, MA: 43 MPH Gust
1108 AM: Marshfield, MA: Large branch down on Wires
1115 AM: Rockport, MA: 57 MPH Gust
1130 AM: Woods Hole, MA: 50 MPH Gust
1132 AM: Edgartown, MA: 48 MPH Gust
1134 AM: Barnstable, MA: 51 MPH Gust
1135 AM: Rockport, MA: 58 MPH Gust
1137 AM: Marshfield, MA: Large Tree and Power Lines down - Dog Lane by Summer Street area
1148 AM: Marshfield, MA: Pleasant Street - Tree and Wires down - road closed
1200 PM: Salem, MA: Tree limb and Wires down - Barr Street
1216 PM: Plymouth, MA: Water Street - Tree down
1239 PM: Dighton, MA: Wellington Street - Large Branch down on Wires
1249 PM: Rochester, MA: Clapp Road - Tree and phone pole down
1253 PM: Acushnet, MA: Trees down - Main Street
1258 PM: Sandwich, MA: Limbs on Wires on Sarah Lawrence Road
100 PM: Plymouth, MA: 53 MPH Wind Gust
100 PM: Fairhaven, MA: North Street - Tree Limbs down
106 PM: Duxbury, MA: Tree down on Peterson Road
107 PM: Sandwich, MA: Power Outages and Transformers blown over causing power outage to 150 people
110 PM: Aquinnah, MA: 61 MPH Gust
112 PM: Marstons Mills, MA: 51 MPH Gust
115 PM: Marblehead, MA: Large tree and wires down on Beacon Street, power outage in area
125 PM: Woods Hole, MA: 58 MPH Gust
137 PM: Marstons Mills, MA: Large limb down damaging the gutter of a home on long pond road
141 PM: Sandwich, MA: 50 MPH Gust
155 PM: Duxbury, MA: Pole and wires down on Temple street at Laurel Street
156 PM: Plymouth, MA: Large section of cooper roofing blown off on Taylor Avenue in Manomet section and large tree down on state road in Manomet section
210 PM: Marshfield, MA: Tree down across Union Street
LOCAL EOCs OPEN:
Agawam
Assumption College
Barnstable County MACC
Brockton
Brookline
Easthampton
Falmouth
Marshfield
Newton
Phillipston
Revere
Rutland
Southwick
Springfield
Taunton
Upton
Ware
Worcester
LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCIES:
Pittsfield
SEOC OPERATIONS:
· ESF 1 (Transportation): MassDOT
~ All Districts are in snow and ice operations with 3,686 pieces of equipment operating statewide.
~ Pavement temperatures in all districts are at or below freezing. Roadways are snow covered.
~ I-95 NB, Exit 57 (Newburyport) – disabled plow truck (right travel lane closed).
~ I-90 WB, MM 95.3 (Millbury) – jack knifed TT (right travel lane closed).
~ RT-141 (Mountain Rd, Easthampton) - road is closed.
~ Mass Pike - speed limit has been reduced to 40 mph with no tandems and propane from the NY border to Boston.
~ Logan Airport remains open with reports of airlines cancelling multiple flights.
~ Worcester Airport remains open with reports of airlines cancelling multiple flights.
~ Hanscom Field remains open with full snow crews operating on the airfield.
~ Commuter Boat: Service has been suspended on the Hingham, Hull, Boston route until the 3:35 pm trip out of Rowe’s Wharf.
~ Commuter Rail: slight delays on the Fitchburg line.
~ Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA): all service cancelled today.
~ Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT): operating on snow schedule for all Brockton Service, Ashmont, Stoughton, Rockland, Mini Maller service are operational but expect delays. Paratransit service is operating.
~ Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (MRTA): Due to the storm all Council of Aging rides in Ashby, Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner; as well as all Boston, Worcester, and the Fitchburg State shuttles for today February 9, 2017 are cancelled. Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) night service has also been cancelled. All snow routes are in effect.
~ Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA): Cancelling all fixed route transportation except for the Route 21 Greenfield Community after 3:00 pm. The following trips will be the last run of the day: 1:00 pm Route 31 into Northampton and Route 32 into Orange; 2:00 pm Route 22 into Montague; 3:15 pm Route 21 Greenfield Community. After the 3:15 pm Route 21 Greenfield Community completes its run, all service will be suspended until tomorrow.
~ Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA): Commuter Bus Service from Methuen, Lawrence, Andover to Boston: Only one return trip from Boston this afternoon: Trip B6 leaving Bedford Street at 5:00 p.m. Commuter Bus Service from North Andover to Boston: return trip from Boston at 5:30 cancelled.
~ MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA): Will be terminating all Fixed Route and Demand Response service beginning at 12:00 pm today. All service will be ended by 1:00pm.
~ Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA): suspending bus services starting at 1:30 pm.
~ The Steamship Authority has suspended all of today's remaining ferry service on the Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard routes due to high winds and rough seas.
~ All RMV branches closed.
· ESF 3 (Public Works): DCR
~ MassParks are in snow and ice operations with 185 pieces of equipment.
~ DCR Skating Rinks and Cass Sports Complex: DCR skating rinks and the Melnea Cass Sports Complex will be closed today, until further notice.
~ Beginning today, at 10:00 am and until further notice, the DCR will institute a parking ban on all DCR roadways within municipalities in the Greater Boston area due to weather conditions from an incoming winter storm. DCR roadways impacted by the parking ban include, but are not limited to: Day Boulevard in the City of Boston, Lynn Shore Drive in the City of Lynn, Fellsway East in the City of Malden, Revere Beach Boulevard and Ocean Avenue in the City of Revere, and Winthrop Shore Drive and Winthrop Parkway in the Town of Winthrop. MA State Police will ticket and tow any vehicles that are parked on the roadways while the parking ban is in effect.
· ESF 4 (Fire Fighting): DFS
· ESF 8 (Public Health and Medical): DPH
~ DPH OEMS has issued a Weather Related Waiver for Staffing in EMS Regions I, II, III, IV and V. The waiver will be in effect from 8 am Thursday, February 9, 2017 to 8 am Friday, February 10, 2017.
~ No issues reported with public health facilities.
· ESF 12 (Energy): DPU
~ Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant has decided to shut down its reactor due to the deteriorating weather conditions.
~ Power Outages: 20,026
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· ESF 13 (Law Enforcement): MSP
Troop A - Northeastern: Roads are snow covered and snow is falling heavily through the Troop. Wind is heavy causing wind-blown snow. Traffic is light
· SP Andover in reports several spin outs with no injuries
Troop B - Western: Snow continues accumulating, all roads being treated by MA DOT
· CAT Teams reassigned to Snow Ptl, Troop S re-assigned to Snow Ptls
· SP Springfield/B3: 1 current CRASH. Cruisers on scene.
Troop C – Central: Heavy snow falling throughout the troop area.
· SP Athol / C-1: One Tractor Trailer and two cars off the road Rt. 2 WB Exit 22 Gardner CLEARED. Mass Highway requested to plows Rt. 2 ramps in the station area.
· SP Millbury / C-2: One Tractor-Trailer in the Median Rt. 146 S.B. prior to Exit 2.
Two vehicles to be winch out on Rt. 495. 3 inches of snow reported on Rt. 495.
· SP Leominster / C-4: Rt. 495 One vehicle off the road.
· SP Holden / C-6: A few minor spin outs.
Troop D - Southeastern:
· SP Norwell-Very heavy snow and wind blizzard conditions. Numerous accidents and winch outs.
· SP Yarmouth-Heavy snow and winds. A couple of winch outs only, rest of road clear of accidents.
· SP Dartmouth-Blizzard conditions very heavy snow with high winds. Numerous accidents and winch outs.
· SP Middleboro-Blizzard conditions very heavy snow with high winds with numerous accident and winch outs.
· SP Bourne-Heavy snow and winds. Some winch outs, no accidents.
· SP Oak Bluffs-Blizzard conditions high winds ferry service has been suspended at this time until further notice.
· Motor Vehicles still able to traverse the roads if they use caution. Low visibility conditions.
Troop E - Turnpike - Zakim Bridge – Tunnels: The speed limit on the Massachusetts Turnpike has been reduced to 40mph. There is a restriction on Tractor-Trailer Tandems and Specially permitted vehicles.
· SP Weston/E-1: No significant incidents to report. Roads are being treated.
· SP Charlton/E-2: Slippery conditions with low visibility. Speed reduction 40 mph. Restriction on Tractor Tandems and Specialty permitted vehicles. Visibility given as 25 feet. No major accidents
· SP Westfield/E-3: Roadways covered with low visibility, white out conditions. Roadways being treated.
· SP Tunnels/E-4: No significant incidents to report. Traffic light. Roadways being treated. Minor accidents.
Troop F - Logan Airport:
· Logan International Airport
Current Weather Conditions
Heavy snow falling
Current Roadway Conditions
Snow covered. Reduced speeds
Airport Status
** Open **
Power Outages
** None **
Current Flight Status
Delays and cancellations
Notes
Snow removal operations continue
· Hanscom Airport
Current Weather Conditions
Heavy snow falling
Current Roadway Conditions
Snow covered. Reduced speeds
Airport Status
** Open **
Power Outages
** None **
Current Flight Status
Delays and cancellations
Notes
Snow removal operations continue
· Worcester Airport
Current Weather Conditions
Heavy snow falling
Current Roadway Conditions
Snow covered. Reduced speeds
Airport Status
** Open **
Power Outages
** None **
Current Flight Status
Delays and cancellations
Notes
Snow removal operations continue
· Seaport Area Roadways
Current Weather Conditions
Heavy snow falling
Current Roadway Conditions
Snow covered. Reduced speeds
Power Outages
** None **
Traffic Conditions
Light traffic
Notes
Snow removal operations continue
· Conley Container Terminal
Current Weather Conditions
Heavy snow falling
Current Roadway Conditions
Snow covered. Reduced speeds
Port Status
** Open **
Power Outages
** None **
Current Trucking Status
Light truck traffic
Notes
Snow removal operations continue
· Black Falcon Cruise Terminal
Current Weather Conditions
Heavy snow falling
Current Roadway Conditions
Snow covered. Reduced speeds
Port Status
** Open **
Power Outages
** None **
Current Lay Berths (Open Slips)
All Slips open
Notes
Snow removal operations continue
· Charlestown / Autoport Properties
Current Weather Conditions
Heavy snow falling
Current Roadway Conditions
Snow covered. Reduced speeds
Autoport Status
** Open **
Power Outages
** None **
Traffic Conditions
Light traffic
Notes
Snow removal operations continue
Troop H – Metropolitan Boston: Snow falling, roads are snow covered with accumulation. DCR, MA Hwy are currently treating/plowing roads. No major traffic events.
· H-3/SP Foxboro: The areas of Route 95 Walpole and Route 495 Wrentham are snow covered with several motor vehicle spinouts. MA Hwy has been advised of conditions.
· H-6/SP So. Boston: Quincy Shore Drive, Morrissey Blvd and Route 93N at exit 14 are all now open; flooding has subsided.
· ESF 16 (Military Support): MANG
The SEOC will continue to monitor conditions during the storm and issue additional Situational Awareness Statements as needed.
Preparedness and Safety Information
· Safety and preparedness tips for extreme cold are available at: http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/emergencies/cold/
· Winter storm preparedness and safety information is available at: http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/emergencies/winter-storms/
· Power outage preparedness and safety information is available at: http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/emergencies/power-outage/
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