FREDERICK VA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WINCHESTER
906 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. DRIFTS OF 2 FT POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES...LOWER AND MID 20S.
* WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
55 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
BETWEEN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES... PRODUCING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
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.
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