Post by Nws Olney Maryland on Dec 25, 2010 15:38:05 GMT -5
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD
330 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM EST
SUNDAY ...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SIX TO TEN INCHES.
* TIMING: BEGINNING SATURDAY BY MID-EVENING AND LASTING UNTIL AROUND NIGHTFALL
SUNDAY. THE GREATEST INTENSITY WILL BE SUNDAY NOO AND
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED
WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED.
* WINDS: NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
MILLER/LEBLANC