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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1154 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

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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

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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