SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
505 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS
EVENING FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION...CENTRAL
MARYLAND...SOUTHERN MARYLAND...AND THE EXTREME EASTERN PANHANDLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THIS EVENING. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
STORM IS WINDING DOWN LATER THIS EVENING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING
AND FALLING SNOW.
WHILE ALL REGIONS IN THE AREA ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS...BALTIMORE COUNTY...THE CITY OF BALTIMORE...ANNE
ARUNDEL...HOWARD...FREDERICK...CARROLL...AND HARFORD COUNTIES IN
MARYLAND ARE EXPERIENCING PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH 10:00 PM.
PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIMPLY STAY INSIDE...ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE
INDOOR ACTIVITIES...AND RIDE THIS STORM OUT...THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING LATER THIS EVENING. STAYING OFF THE
ROAD WILL HELP LOCAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS BETTER
CLEAR KEY TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO TRY
TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN
WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS
EVENING...SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE.
PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR
HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK
YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH
TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA OR WINDOW TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM
TIME-TO-TIME...MOVE YOUR ARMS...LEGS...FINGERS...AND TOES TO KEEP
BLOOD CIRCULATING.
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