Winter Storm Watch – Expansion

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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
924 AM EST MON FEB 21 2011

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FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FREDERICK…WESTMINSTER

924 AM EST MON FEB 21 2011

..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE…MAINLY SNOW. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET IS
POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET.

* ACCUMULATIONS…A POTENTIAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM.

* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S THIS EVENING…
DROPPING TO THE MID 20S BY TUESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS…NORTH-NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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