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Winter Storm Watch Issued for Charles County

Notification Number: 274




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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1158 AM EST MON FEB 8 2010

CHARLES-CALVERT-ORANGE-CULPEPER-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-KING GEORGE-
SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALDORF...CULPEPER...FREDERICKSBURG
1158 AM EST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR 5 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...MID-AFTERNOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GREATEST
  SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT THE
  ONSET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER
  20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TUESDAY BECOMING NORTH-
  NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.








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Created: 2/8/2010
Last Updated: 2/8/2010 11:08:46 AM

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