Snow Leads To Early Closures; Storm Warning Declared
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The county is under a winter storm warning Thursday into Friday with somewhere between six to 12 inches of snow predicted.
The snow began to fall early afternoon on Thursday and is expected to become even heavier into the night. Rain is expected in South County, causing slick roads. The National Weather Service expects snow to fall at a rate of an inch per hour, leading to snow covered roads and poor visibility.
The wind could be swirling as fast as 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, bringing on a chance of fallen tree limbs and power outages. The temperatures are expected to hover between the upper 20s and the lower 30s.
The snow is expected to stop in the early hours of Friday with maybe just a few flurries for the commute to work on Friday morning. The winter storm warning expires at 7 a.m. Friday.
The storm had led to a number of early closures including the Berkshire Museum, the Norman Rockwell Museum, Greylock Federal Credit Union, and North Adams' municipal buildings.
The town of Adams declared a snow emergency, expiring at 9 a.m. Friday morning. Clarksburg declared a snow emergency until noon on Friday.
Below is a list of closing so far:
- Evening classes at North Adams Yoga have been canceled.
- Little's Pharmacy in North Adams will closing today at 5 p.m.
- Berkshire Museum will be closing at 2 p.m. on Thursday and reopen at 10 a.m. on Friday.
- All Greylock Federal Credit Union branches will be closing at 3 p.m. today.
- The Norman Rockwell Museum will be closing at 2 p.m.
- The town of Adams has declared a snow emergency.
- All Berkshire NBT Bank branches will be closing at 3 p.m.
- North Adams closed the municipal offices at noon.
- All league bowling at Greylock Bowl and Golf is canceled and the alley will be closing at 4 p.m.
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Pittsfield Cooperative Bank will be closing all of its office at 3 p.m.
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Adams Community Bank is closing at 3 p.m.
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All Mount Greylock Regional School District activities after 1 p.m. have been canceled.
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MCLA is closed.
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Landmark Credit Union is closing at 3 p.m.
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BFAIR's administrative offices in both North Adams and Pittsfield is closing at 3 p.m.
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Northern Berkshires Pediatrics will be closing at 3 p.m
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My Com Federal Credit Union will be closing at 3 p.m. and will reopen at 8 a.m. on Friday.
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Goodwill of the Berkshires and Southern Vermont has closed all locations.
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AdLib Inc. is closed.
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KidZone Transportation is canceled.
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Berkshire County Head Start closed at 1 p.m.
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Berkshire Bank will be closing branches in Berkshire County and Vermont early.
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The Berkshire Mall will be closing at 5 p.m.
