Post by Nws Olney Maryland on Jan 25, 2011 17:36:04 GMT -5
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD
529 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...A NOREASTER WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE MID ATLANTIC MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING..
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS... CENTRAL NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREA.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL PICKUP IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FALLING MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY. THE SNOW
SHOULD COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS TO BECOME SNOW
COVERED AND SLIPPERY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY
TRUE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SNOW FALLS MODERATE TO
HEAVY AT TIMES.
* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.
MILLER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD
529 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...A NOREASTER WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE MID ATLANTIC MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING..
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS... CENTRAL NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREA.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL PICKUP IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FALLING MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 AM THURSDAY. THE SNOW
SHOULD COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS TO BECOME SNOW
COVERED AND SLIPPERY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY
TRUE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SNOW FALLS MODERATE TO
HEAVY AT TIMES.
* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.
MILLER