ICE STORM WATCH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD

930 AM EST DEC 7 2013

WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-

EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-

ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-

ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-

NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-

EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-

WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-

WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON

...ICE STORM WATCH  IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM  SUNDAY TO  10 AM  EST

MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD   HAS ISSUED AN ICE

STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM EST

 MONDAY .

* EVENT... SNOW WILL BEGIN THE PRECIPITATION WITH A  SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AND THEN SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING  SUNDAY  MID MORNING THROUGH THE DAY WITH ICE ACCUMULATION  OF  ONE QUARTAER TO  ONE HALF INCH. WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND NORTH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALONG I-95 AND SOUTH AND EAST  OF THE DISTRICT  SHOULD START AS A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN  AND ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACT...DUE TO GROUND WARMTH...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE

  ON ELEVATED OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...TREES AND

  ELECTRICAL LINES. HOWEVER...IF THE TEMPERATURE CAN STAY BELOW

  FREEZING LONG ENOUGH INTO MONDAY...A FEW SECONDARY ROADWAYS

  MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL

MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY

DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...

FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE

ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES

AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.