URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
405 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW...ACCOMPANIED OCCASIONALLY BY
THUNDER OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 24 INCHES...WITH
SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS
WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF BY MIDNIGHT.
* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE-QUARTER MILE ARE
EXPECTED WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH LATE TODAY. GUSTS OF
20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RECORD
SNOWFALL FOR THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREAS.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING. HELP YOUR LOCAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES BY
STAYING OFF THE ROADS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COASTLINE.
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