WINTER STORM WARNING



FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM EST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...FREEZING RAIN...CHANGING TO SLEET...AND THEN HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH INCH ICE...THEN 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES...DROPPING FROM THE LOW 30S LATE TONIGHT TO THE MID 20S MONDAY MORNING...THEN LOW 20S THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...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.