Winter Storm Watch issued

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WSWLWX

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
254 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014

DCZ001-MDZ006-007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057-110400-
/O.NEW.KLWX.WS.A.0004.140213T0000Z-140214T0300Z/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-
CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…GAITHERSBURG…COLUMBIA…
BALTIMORE…ANNAPOLIS…WALDORF…ST MARYS CITY…MANASSAS…
MANASSAS PARK…FAIRFAX…ALEXANDRIA…FALLS CHURCH…
FREDERICKSBURG
254 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014

..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE…SNOW AND SLEET

* ACCUMULATIONS…THE POTENTIAL FOR 5 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW AND
SLEET.

* TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT…
SLOWLY RISING INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS…NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS…ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW AND SLEET COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. HEAVY WET
SNOW COULD LEAD TO SOME POWER OUTAGES.

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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