Post by Nws Olney Maryland on Dec 25, 2010 17:03:39 GMT -5
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD
500 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6AM SUNDAY TO 6AM EST
MONDAY ...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM 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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.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 NOON 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