URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1104 AM EST SUN MAR 2 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST MONDAY...
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH INCH ICE...MORE AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...THEN 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN BECOMES HEAVY SNOW LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...DROPPING FROM THE LOWER 30S AROUND MIDNIGHT TO
THE MID 20S LATE TONIGHT...THEN LOWER 20S THROUGH MONDAY.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT TROUGH
MONDAY... AFFECTING BOTH THE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON PEAK COMMUTE HOURS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND HEAVY SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN AND MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
Stay Informed - Stay Ready - Stay Safe
www.ready.gov
The forecast includes a heavy wet snow. Anyone with a known cardiac condition or age 55 and over should not attempt to shovel this snow.
Shoveling heavy wet snow has been known to cause massive heart attacks and other cardiac episodes.
Staying healthy and safe during a winter storm -
safety tips from PGFD.
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