Winter Storm Warning Issued by NWS
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW STARTING SATURDAY MORNING...MIXING WITH AND THEN CHANGING TO MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE IN THE EVENING AND THEN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S EARLY SATURDAY... INCREASING TO MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WINDS SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WEST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVELLING CONDITIONS SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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