HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1017 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1014 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
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WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
1014 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT WEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEGANY...GRANT...MINERAL...HAMPSHIRE
AND HARDY COUNTIES FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WINTER STORMS WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY...CENTRAL
MARYLAND...THE CENTRAL FOOTHILLS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE
WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE AREAS.
IN ADDITION TO POTENTIAL WINTER EFFECTS...RAINFALL THAT OCCURS MAY
BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL MAY LEAD
TO MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS LATE
TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
TEH BLUE RIDE MOUNTAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY
IN SHELTERED VALLEYS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 216 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...
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WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-
EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...
GAITHERSBURG...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...
HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...
WASHINGTON...LEESBURG...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...BAYARD...
PETERSBURG...EMORYVILLE...HARTMANSVILLE...KEYSER...FORT ASHBY
216 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE
CENTRAL SHENANDOAH HIGHLANDS AS A PERIOD OF SNOW...MOVING NORTH TO
THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED MIX WITH SLEET...BECOME HEAVIER TUESDAY EVENING AND
CHANGE TO RAIN. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL STAY
BELOW FREEZING...SO RAIN THAT FALLS WILL FREEZE ON IMPACT.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TUESDAY NIGHT
BEFORE WARMER AIR MOVES IN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE
MOST LIKELY PLACE TO RECEIVE THAT MUCH WOULD BE IN THE COLDER
LOW LYING AREAS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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