The National Weather Service’s blizzard warning for Southeastern Massachusetts was in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday night as heavy winds and whiteout conditions made travel treacherous.

In Wareham, schools and Town Hall were both closed and a town wide parking ban was is in place. Authorities urged everyone to stay off the roads to keep them clear for plow crews and emergency personnel.

Onset Fire Chief Ray Goodwin said as of late Thursday afternoon his department responded to a handful of minor calls – mostly spinouts, downed wires and false alarms – during the storm. In anticipation of weather-related emergencies, Goodwin said additional firefighters were called to the station before the first flakes fell.

“We brought in extra manpower just to be safe and will continue to monitor the situation,” said Goodwin.

A brief, town wide power outage tripped a carbon monoxide alarm and a fire alarm that prompted a response from Onset firefighters. According to Goodwin, the shortage was “a major hiccup” that lasted approximately 5 minutes.

Eversource reported that by 4 p.m., 9 percent of Wareham’s 14,573 customers were without power. South Shore and Cape Cod communities were hit harder than other parts of the state with 26 percent of Falmouth customers, 8 percent of Bourne customers and 82 percent of Yarmouth customers reporting outages.

Wareham Police kept busy with a slew of minor car accidents.

The snow was heavy at times through the afternoon then tapered off to snow showers in the evening.