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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1154 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502-VAZ021-025>031- 036>040-042-050>057-501-502-WVZ050>055-501>504-060100- /O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100207T0300Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE- CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK... WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS... WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON... WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL... CHARLOTTESVILLE...LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS... MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH... FREDERICKSBURG...WARRENTON...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN... BAYARD...PETERSBURG...EMORYVILLE...HARTMANSVILLE...KEYSER... FORT ASHBY 1154 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN EXCESS OF 30 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING FROM SUNSET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE-QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN HEAVY SNOW. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW ALONG THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO WELL BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE...PRODUCING NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH LATE TODAY. GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...HIGHER NEAR THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING. HELP YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES BY STAYING OFF THE ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COASTLINE. && $$ KRAMAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 306 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 MDZ014-017-018-060415- /O.NEW.KLWX.BZ.W.0001.100206T0300Z-100207T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KLWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100206T0300Z/ ANNE ARUNDEL-ST. MARYS-CALVERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNAPOLIS...ST MARYS CITY 306 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN EXCESS OF 30 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING FROM SUNSET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING. HELP YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES BY STAYING OFF THE ROADS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1224 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ..EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION...EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY... ..BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND... ..POISED TO SET ALL-TIME STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL RECORD FOR BALTIMORE... BLIZZARD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM FOR MARYLAND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC AND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL 10 PM. AT 11:45 AM THIS MORNING...WEATHER OBSERVERS AT BALTIMORE'S THURGOOD MARSHALL BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 26.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS IS ONLY 1.7 INCHES SHY OF THE 28.2 INCH RECORD FROM THE PRESIDENTS DAY FEBRUARY 2003 STORM. THE AIRPORT IS FORECAST TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE THE STORM ENDS THIS EVENING. A RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE RECORD IS REACHED. GENERALLY...24 TO 32 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTH OF A LINE BETWEEN ANNAPOLIS MD TO WASHINGTON DC TO PETERSBURG WV. SOUTH OF THIS LINE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE VA...APPROXIMATELY 14 TO 20 INCHES HAVE FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS AT THE HIGHER END OF THIS RANGE...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HERE ARE SOME PRECAUTIONARY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER GUIDELINES: 1. FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS WHEN OPERATING A GENERATOR OR AUXILIARY HEATER. ENSURE PORTABLE GENERATORS ARE ADEQUATELY VENTILATED. 2. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION ARE DANGEROUS. HELP YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES BY STAYING OFF ROADS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 3. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...DO NOT TRAVEL ALONE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TIMETABLE AND YOUR PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE ROUTES. CARRY WITH YOU A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WHICH INCLUDES A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS... FLASHLIGHT WITH EXTRA BATTERIES...HIGH CALORIE NON-PERISHABLE FOOD AND WATER...AND A SHOVEL. 4. IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING...SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE. PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM TIME-TO-TIME...MOVE YOUR ARMS...LEGS...FINGERS...AND TOES TO KEEP BLOOD CIRCULATING. 5. AVOID OVEREXERTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW. BREAK THE SHOVELING DOWN INTO SMALLER JOBS AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS. 6. IN CASE OF POWER SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS...HAVE AVAILABLE FLASH LIGHTS WITH EXTRA BATTERIES...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...EXTRA MEDICINES. 7. ENSURE ANY PETS AND FARM ANIMALS HAVE PLENTY OF WATER...FOOD... AND SHELTER. FINALLY...THE KEY TO GETTING THROUGH THIS AND OTHER PERIODS OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS WITH ADVANCE PLANNING AND BEING AWARE OF CURRENT CONDITIONS. THIS STORM WILL BE WINDING DOWN LATER THIS EVENING...SO DO YOUR PART AND LET YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS RESTORE ROADWAYS TO NORMAL CONDITIONS BY STAYING AT HOME. LEE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1231 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ..EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION...EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY... ..BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND... ..POISED TO SET ALL-TIME STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL RECORD FOR BALTIMORE... BLIZZARD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM FOR MARYLAND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC AND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL 10 PM. AT 11:45 AM THIS MORNING...WEATHER OBSERVERS AT BALTIMORE'S THURGOOD MARSHALL BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 26.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS IS ONLY 0.3 INCHES SHY OF THE 26.8 INCH RECORD FROM THE PRESIDENTS DAY FEBRUARY 2003 STORM. THE AIRPORT IS FORECAST TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE THE STORM ENDS THIS EVENING. A RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE RECORD IS REACHED. GENERALLY...24 TO 32 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTH OF A LINE BETWEEN ANNAPOLIS MD TO WASHINGTON DC TO PETERSBURG WV. SOUTH OF THIS LINE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE VA...APPROXIMATELY 14 TO 20 INCHES HAVE FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS AT THE HIGHER END OF THIS RANGE...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HERE ARE SOME PRECAUTIONARY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER GUIDELINES: 1. FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS WHEN OPERATING A GENERATOR OR AUXILIARY HEATER. ENSURE PORTABLE GENERATORS ARE ADEQUATELY VENTILATED. 2. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION ARE DANGEROUS. HELP YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES BY STAYING OFF ROADS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 3. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...DO NOT TRAVEL ALONE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TIMETABLE AND YOUR PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE ROUTES. CARRY WITH YOU A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WHICH INCLUDES A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS... FLASHLIGHT WITH EXTRA BATTERIES...HIGH CALORIE NON-PERISHABLE FOOD AND WATER...AND A SHOVEL. 4. IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING...SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE. PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM TIME-TO-TIME...MOVE YOUR ARMS...LEGS...FINGERS...AND TOES TO KEEP BLOOD CIRCULATING. 5. AVOID OVEREXERTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW. BREAK THE SHOVELING DOWN INTO SMALLER JOBS AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS. 6. IN CASE OF POWER SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS...HAVE AVAILABLE FLASH LIGHTS WITH EXTRA BATTERIES...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...EXTRA MEDICINES. 7. ENSURE ANY PETS AND FARM ANIMALS HAVE PLENTY OF WATER...FOOD... AND SHELTER. FINALLY...THE KEY TO GETTING THROUGH THIS AND OTHER PERIODS OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS WITH ADVANCE PLANNING AND BEING AWARE OF CURRENT CONDITIONS. THIS STORM WILL BE WINDING DOWN LATER THIS EVENING...SO DO YOUR PART AND LET YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS RESTORE ROADWAYS TO NORMAL CONDITIONS BY STAYING AT HOME. LEE