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Post by James on Dec 1, 2007 13:42:31 GMT -5
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD 6:18 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007
...PROLONGED FREEZING RAIN FOR SATERDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ... .
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. COPIOUS TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM BUT TEMPERATURES NEAR THE GROUND WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AS SATURDAY PASSES...WITH NORTHERN LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND THUS RECEIVING THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM THE FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO BE 1/10TH TO 1/4TH INCH OF ICE MAINLY ON TREE AND GRASSY SERFACES ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE LONGER TO ICE OVER
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAYTO 2 PM EST SUNDAY... \ SATURDAY EVENING . FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN FALLING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY . ICE ACCUMULATIONS ONE TENTH TO NEAR A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 270. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE AREA WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH THE ICE TO DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
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