WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
855 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-
HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-
ANNE ARUNDEL-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…FREDERICK…WESTMINSTER…
GAITHERSBURG…COLUMBIA…BALTIMORE…ANNAPOLIS…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…LEESBURG…CULPEPER…MANASSAS…
MANASSAS PARK…FAIRFAX…ALEXANDRIA…FALLS CHURCH…
FREDERICKSBURG…WARRENTON
855 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…5 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* TIMING…RAIN MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…HEAVY AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 30S.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* IMPACTS…HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER
OUTAGES AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
855 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WESTERN HIGHLAND-
EASTERN HIGHLAND-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-
WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…
HIGHTOWN…MONTEREY…MOOREFIELD…BAYARD…MOUNT STORM…
PETERSBURG…CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
855 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE INCREASING
CERTAINTY OF HEAVY SNOW…THE WARNING HAS NOW REPLACED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…8 TO 12 INCHES…WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
ABOVE 3000 FEET.
* TIMING…RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON…CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT…AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
ON WEDNESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 30S.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* IMPACTS…HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER
OUTAGES WITH DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT…TAKE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
ENSURE YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY KIT IN YOUR TRUNK.
