HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 446 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009 Expires:200912231000;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
438 AM EST TUE DEC 22 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-
438 AM EST TUE DEC 22 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
RE-FREEZING OF SNOW AND SLUSH WILL LEAD TO PATCHES OF ICE AGAIN
EARLY THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
FOLLOWED BY RAIN TO THE MID ATLANTIC LATE CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND
CHRISTMAS DAY. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE FREEZING RAIN MAY LINGER
ACROSS SOME AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INTO CHRISTMAS EVENING
BEFORE THE CHANGE TO RAIN.
IN ADDITION...RAINFALL ONTO THE EXISTING SNOWPACK MAY RESULT IN
SMALL STREAM FLOODING CHRISTMAS DAY AND NIGHT. THOSE WITH ROAD
FLOODING INTERESTS SHOULD ENSURE STORM DRAINS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW
AND ICE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 322 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 930 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...ICY PATCHES AGAIN THIS MORNING...
TEMPERATURES ROSE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION ON MONDAY...CAUSING SOME OF THE SNOW FROM THIS PAST WEEKENDS
STORM TO MELT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW WATER FROM SNOW MELT AND SLUSH
TO RE-FREEZE...FORMING PATCHES OF ICE.
ANY ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN TREATED MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING.
PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AND BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL TO
ENCOUNTER PATCHES OF ICE EARLY THIS MORNING. BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS OF BLACK ICE...WHICH IS PARTICULARLY HARD TO DETECT.
THE RE-FREEZING OF SNOW MELT AND SLUSH DURING THE NIGHTTIME IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND TWENTIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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PELOQUIN
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