SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1204 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.
