URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
131 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015.
MARYS-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-
131 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015
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..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPES…WINTRY MIX…THEN SNOW…POTENTIALLY
HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES…ALONG WITH
AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* TIMING…RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT. SNOW AND
SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. SNOW AND
SLEET MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 30S…DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED…MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1012 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015
FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY-
NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD-
SOUTHEAST HARFORD-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-
CLARKE-RAPPAHANNOCK-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN LOUDOUN-
EASTERN LOUDOUN-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-
JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FREDERICK…WESTMINSTER…PARKTON…
REISTERSTOWN…COCKEYSVILLE…BALTIMORE…DUNDALK…CATONSVILLE…
GERMANTOWN…DAMASCUS…ROCKVILLE…LISBON…COLUMBIA…
ELLICOTT CITY…JARRETTSVILLE…ABERDEEN…STAUNTON…
WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…FRONT ROYAL…WASHINGTON…
WARRENTON…PURCELLVILLE…LEESBURG…ASHBURN…BIG MEADOWS…
WINTERGREEN…CHARLES TOWN
1012 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY…
* PRECIPITATION TYPES…WINTRY MIX LATE THIS EVENING…THEN
SNOW… HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES…ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* TIMING…RAIN CHANGES TO WINTRY MIX LATE THIS EVENING THEN ALL
SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW HEAVIEST THURSDAY LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S…DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED…MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…
FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
