WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1030 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN SHORE THIS EVENING...
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST UNITED
STATES COAST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING WILL RANGE
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OR LESS.
A CHANGEOVER TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER
MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATER SATURDAY
MORNING AND AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES FROM EARLY SATURDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 12 INCHES
OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE TO HURLOCK AND
NORTHWARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS 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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