ZCZC BOSPNSBOS TTAA00 KBOS 250056 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-RIZALL-NHZ011-012-250600- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 755 PM EST SAT JAN 24 1998 HERE IS THE FINAL LIST OF SNOW REPORTS THAT WERE RECEIVED AT NWS TAUNTON FOR THE FRIDAY JANUARY 23 1998 SNOW...ICE AND HEAVY RAIN STORM THAT OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ACCURATE TO WITHIN A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. OTHER REPORTS MAY COME IN AT A LATER DATE BUT WILL NOT BE ENTERED IN THIS PRODUCT. SNOW BEGAN NEAR DAYBREAK FRIDAY IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY... REACHING THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. THE SNOW CHANGED TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM FRIDAY. THE SNOW WAS FIRST TOPPED OFF BY A GLAZE /TO VARYING DEGREES OF THICKNESS/ OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE INTERIOR. THE HEAVY RAIN THEREAFTER CAUSED CONSIDERABLE LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS TURNPIKE. TOTAL WATER EQUIVALENT FOR THE STORM IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND VARIED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.5 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT ACROSS RHODE ISLAND. THANKS TO SPOTTERS...OTHER AGENCIES AND MEDIA OUTLETS FOR PROVIDING REPORTS. ALL AMOUNTS ARE IN INCHES. THIS PRODUCT CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR INTERNET HOMEPAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX ALSO IT WILL BE FILED UNDER THE CLIMATOLOGY SECTION OF THE HOMEPAGE FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE SHOULD YOU NEED IT. NWS TAUNTON MA (BOX) 0.7 BOSTON (BOS) OFFICIAL 2.2 ...MASSACHUSETTS... ...ESSEX COUNTY... PEABODY 3.0 NEWBURYPORT 2.5 ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY... LOWELL 6.0 TYNGSBORO 5.0 WALTHAM 4.5 MAYNARD 4.3 EAST WOBURN 4.0 HOPKINTON 3.5 WAYLAND 3.0 LITTLETON 3.0 SUDBURY 2.0 FRAMINGHAM 1.0 ...BRISTOL COUNTY... SOUTH DARTMOUTH 1.0 MANSFIELD 1.0 NEW BEDFORD 0.8 ACUSHNET 0.8 ...PLYMOUTH COUNTY... EAST BRIDGEWATER 1.1 ...NORFOLK COUNTY... SHARON 2.5 BELLINGHAM 2.5 MILTON 1.6 RANDOLPH 1.4 COHASSET 1.0 ...SUFFOLK COUNTY... WINTHROP 2.4 ...WORCESTER COUNTY... ASHBURNHAM 7.2 BARRE FALLS 5.0 WEST HILL 4.5 WEST BOYLSTON 3.7 WESTBOROUGH 3.6 SHREWSBURY 3.5 ...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY... HUNTINGTON 6.0 NORTH AMHERST 6.0 /INCLUDES 1.5 INCHES SLEET/ GOSHEN 6.5 WORTHINGTON 5.5 BELCHERTOWN 3.5 ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... WHATELY 5.5 SHELBURNE FALLS 3.7 ...HAMPDEN COUNTY... GRANVILLE 7.5 WESTFIELD 5.0 SOUTHWICK 4.0 SPRINGFIELD 3.0 AGAWAM /FEEDING HILLS/ 3.7 MONSON 3.0 ...RHODE ISLAND... ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY... BURRILLVILLE 3.0 PROVIDENCE 1.5 NORTH FOSTER 1.5 SCITUATE 1.5 GLOCESTER 1.0 LINCOLN 1.0 PROVIDENCE /DOWNTOWN/ 1.0 JOHNSTON 0.5 ...KENT COUNTY... EAST GREENWICH 0.5 ...WASHINGTON COUNTY... HOPE VALLEY 0.5 NORTH KINGSTOWN 0.5 ...NEWPORT COUNTY... TIVERTON 0.5 PORTSMOUTH 0.5 ...CONNECTICUT... ...HARTFORD COUNTY... UNIONVILLE 4.0 BRISTOL 4.0 NORTH GRANBY 4.0 BURLINGTON 3.0 FARMINGTON 2.8 EAST GRANBY 2.8 AVON 2.5 NEWINGTON 2.0 SOUTHINGTON 2.0 GLASTONBURY 1.5 WETHERSFIELD 1.5 ...TOLLAND COUNTY... UNION 3.0 VERNON 1.0 MANSFIELD 1.0 ...WINDHAM COUNTY... PUTNAM 1.0 WOODSTOCK 0.8 ...NEW HAMPSHIRE... ...CHESHIRE... WESTMORELAND 8.0 SWANZEY 7.5 JAFFREY 7.0 WALPOLE 7.0 ...HILLSBOROUGH... FRANCESTOWN 10.0 WEARE 7.5 PETERBOROUGH 7.0 TEMPLE 6.0 HILLSBOROUGH 6.0 WILTON 6.0 NASHUA 5.0 BEDFORD 5.0 DRAG NNNN