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Blizzard 2013 Updates

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Winter Storm Nemo: Updates, Updates and More Updates

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  7:49 p.m.: There WILL be regular trash/recycling pickup tomorrow (Monday) and the Coventry parking ban will be lifted at 8 a.m. 6:14 p.m.:  5:17 p.m.: Coventry Public Schools are closed tomorrow. 12-month employees report. 3:55 p.m.: Coventry EMA officials have announced the closure of the town's warming shelter at 6 p.m. Those who may require shelter are urged to call the Coventry Police Department at 826-1100. 8:50 a.m.: Coventry EMA officials have downgraded the Town's shelter to a warming station as of Sunday morning. Click here for more details. Sunday, Feb. 10 -- 3:15 p.m.: The Town of Coventry will be opening a shelter at the Coventry Senior Center located at 50 Wood St. today at 4 p.m. Those responding are asked to bring blankets…

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Blizzard Watch Now In Effect for Friday Morning

Rhode Island could get as much as two feet of snow by the blizzard’s conclusion on Saturday afternoon.

  Projections for Friday’s storm are now suggesting a historic event that could dump as much as two feet of snow on Coventry by the end of it all on Saturday night. The National Weather Service officially upgraded the weather advisory from a winter storm watch to a blizzard watch on Wednesday. For their latest advisory, which was released at 4:25 a.m. Thursday, click here. Except for very tiny slivers of land by the coast and Cape Cod, all of Rhode Island and Massachusetts is now projected to get between 18 and 24 inches of snow. As far as the storm’s timetable, according to the NWS, light snow will begin on Friday morning. This will give way to rain as morning segues to afternoon, but from Friday night to Saturday afternoon, a long …

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