URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON
DC
630 PM EST SAT DEC 7 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 7
AM EST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING HAS ISSUED A
WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT
FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE ICE STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AREAS AFFECTED: MONTGOMERY, HOWARD , FREDERICK , CARROLL,WASHINGTON, ALLAGAINEY AND WASHINGTON DC
* ACCUMULATIONS: A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. UP TO 3
INCHES OF A SNOW AND SLEET MIX IS
POSSIBLE.
* TIMING: A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING
RAIN BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED TO
PERSIST INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES: 20 TO 30 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE DUE
TO SLICK
ROADS AND ICY
CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. POWER OUTAGES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
DUE TO FALLING LIMBS FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE
ICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
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