SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 906 PM EST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 315 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...ICY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S ACROSS THE
MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT. ANY WATER FROM SNOW MELT AND SLUSH
FROM SATURDAYS STORM IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE...FORMING AREAS OF
BLACK ICE.
ANY ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN TREATED MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS. PLEASE
USE EXTRA CAUTION OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND BE AWARE OF
THE POTENTIAL TO ENCOUNTER ICY CONDITIONS.
THE RE-FREEZING OF SNOW MELT AND SLUSH DURING THE NIGHTTIME IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND TWENTIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 903 PM EST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RE-FREEZING OF SNOW AND SLUSH WILL LEAD TO PATCHES OF ICE AGAIN TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
FOLLOWED BY RAIN TO THE MID ATLANTIC LATE CHRISTMAS EVE AND
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. RAINFALL ONTO THE EXISTING SNOWPACK MAY
RESULT IN SMALL STREAM FLOODING. THOSE WITH ROAD FLOODING
INTERESTS SHOULD ENSURE STORM DRAINS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW AND ICE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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