URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD /WASHINGTON
DC
1100 AM AST DEC 5
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 PM SATURDAY TO 12 MIDNIGHT AST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA/OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 12 MIDNIGHT AST
MONDAY .
* EVENT...FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING OVERNIGHT
SATURDAY
THROUGH THE DAY
SUNDAY WITH ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR OR IN EXCESS
OF 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 PM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY.
* 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.
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