WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 405 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* PRECIP TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES...BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE EVENT. UPPER 20S TO
LOWER 30S IN THE VALLEYS/FOOTHILLS...LOWER TO MID 20S IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
* WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE EVENT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25
MPH ON SUNDAY.
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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