URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1210 PM EST MON FEB 8 2016
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FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
ANNE ARUNDEL-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-NORTHWEST HOWARD-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD-SOUTHEAST HARFORD-
1210 PM EST MON FEB 8 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING INITIALLY AS A
RAIN AND SNOW MIX. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW
BY MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS TIME.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...RESULTING IN
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
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.
