WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1213 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN
SHORE THIS EVENING...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG
THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO MAINLY
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT.
THE RAIN...OR RAIN...SNOW MIX...IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
LATER SATURDAY MORNING OR EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL
CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME...ESPECIALLY FROM SALISBURY AND FAR
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SOMERSET COUNTY...NORTH AND AND WEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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