Wind picking up, could cause outages

UNDATED (WPRI) -- As the first significant\winter storm bears down on Southern New England, find all of your vital storm information in the Pinpoint Storm Beat.

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• Photos: First Big Snowfall of 2012

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• Accumulations for Southern New England range from one to four inches along the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, to as much as 12 inches inland.
• Around 1,000 customers in Rhode Island were without power Sunday morning. Sagging limbs and power lines could lead to scattered outages throughout the day.
  • Real-Time Power Outage Information
• RIPTA buses may see some delays, but are expected to run as normal Sunday.

Forecast

While the snow is gone as of Sunday morning, the National Weather Service has issued  a WIND ADVISORY for RI and Bristol County, Mass. from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday  Northwest winds could gusts to 45 mph. 

According to Eyewitness News Chief Meteorologist Tony Petrarca, isolated power outages could be a possibility Sunday. Already weighted down trees and power lines could snap. 

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Driving

Crews worked overnight, clearing roads of snow. While most of the main roads appear to be in good shape, secondary and side roads may still be slick.

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The National Weather Service recommends drivers keep snow shovel, ice scraper, and extra wiper fluid in the car -- as well as sand or kitty little for traction if the vehicle should get stuck on ice.

Many cities and towns have put parking bans into place. (For a complete listing, click here ).

Transit

T.F. Green Airport was not significantly affected by the storm. However, according to the WPRI.com Flight Tracker , there were two flight cancelations for Sunday morning. Anyone planning to fly Sunday should check ahead with their carrier before heading to the airport.

• WPRI.com Flight Tracker
• RIPTA

Electricity

As of 5:45 a.m., about 900 National Grid customers were without power. Most of the outages were in Bristol and Washington Counties.

NStar is also reporting about 10,000 customers are without power, most of them are located on the Cape.

To report an outage to National Grid, call 508-389-4966.

On its website, National Grid urged customers to be prepared for power outages by having:

• Working flashlights
• Battery-operated radio
• Extra supply of batteries

Cities & Towns

Many cities and towns have parking bans in effect, and various churches have canceled Sunday services.

• Attleboro
  • Attleboro Council of Churches - Dinner at Family Cafe at Waters Church canceled.
• Chepachet
  • Glad Tidings Community Church - Sunday a.m. Prayer & SS canceled, worship to be held at 10:30 a.m.
• Cranston
  • Armenian Evangelical Church - Services canceled Sunday.
  • Faith Presbyterian - No services on Sunday.
• East Greenwich
  • Christ Church Evangelical Covenant - No 8:00 a.m. service.
• East Providence
  • First Spiritualist Church of RI - Sunday services canceled.
• Foster
  • North Foster Baptist Church - No Sunday services, caroling & party still on.
• Jamestown
  • Central Baptist Church - Sunday services canceled.
• Johnston
  • Graniteville Baptist Church - No Sunday services, meeting canceled.
• Lincoln
  • Chapel Street Congregational Church - Sunday services canceled, game night still on at 6 p.m.
• North Attleboro
  • Waters Church of North Attleboro - No services Saturday, one service Sunday at 11 a.m.
• North Kingstown
  • First Baptist Church of North Kingstown - No Sunday services.
• North Providence
  • American Safety Programs & Training - Classes canceled Saturday.
• North Smithfield
  • Grace Family Worship Center - No services on Sunday.
• Providence
  • Christ Community Church - No Sunday services.
  • Church of the Master - No Sunday services.
  • Emmanuel Baptist Church - No services on Sunday.
  • Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - No Sunday services.
  • Temple Beth-El - Evening Minyan Canceled Saturday.
  • The Department of Public Works has prepared all equipment and personnel to respond to the storm.
  • No delays expected for Monday trash pickup.
  • Cavalry Baptist Church - Holiday family movie night canceled.
• Seekonk
  • Faith Christian Center - 8:30 a.m. service canceled, 11 a.m. service not canceled.
• Shannock
  • Sunday services canceled.
• Smithfield
  • Georgiaville Baptist Church - No Sunday services.
• Swansea