[CALV-ARES] Blizzard Warning

[Eric Christensen]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1209 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016

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CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-
STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-
1209 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY
TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SLEET MAY MIX WITH
  THE SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING EAST OF INTERSTATE
  95...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 18 INCHES NEAR THE
  BAY WITH 18 TO 24 INCHES ELSEWHERE.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH
  THE HEAVIEST SNOW... STRONGEST WINDS...AND POTENTIAL LIFE
  THREATENING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS
  CONDITIONS AND WILL BE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TRAVEL
  IS EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY LIMITED IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DURING
  THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. VISIBILITY
  WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55
  MPH...BECOMING NORTH SATURDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR
  THE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
POWER OUTAGES DURING SNOWY AND COLD CONDITIONS.

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