HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 332 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OR SNOW
BUT CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF
AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE WSWLWX PRODUCT FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE SHENANDOAH
VALLEY...NELSON COUNTY VIRGINIA...WASHINGTON COUNTY MARYLAND...AND PORTIONS
OF THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
WILL CREATE ICE ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE TENTH INCH. PLEASE
REFER TO THE WSWLWX PRODUCT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE AS WELL AS THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
PANHANDLE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTY MARYLAND. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
LATE TONIGHT.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE
POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE RAIN DIMINISHES
IN INTENSITY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS WEST OF
THE BLUE RIDGE THURSDAY NIGHT.
A LOW PRESSURE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW ON
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT PLEASE
RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WINTRY WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
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