Winter Storm Warning

[pasadenamd]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
411 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

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PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...
GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...
ST MARYS CITY...LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...
FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG
411 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
2 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH WILL MOVE EAST
TODAY...DEVELOPING A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH UP THE
EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH
A TIGHT GRADIENT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AHEAD OF THE LOW.
ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

BASED ON THE CURRENT STORM TRACK...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...UPWARDS OF A FOOT
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE BAY NEAR AND SOUTH OF
ANNAPOLIS...4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN
SUBURBS.

GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY.
THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OF THE AREA MONDAY...BRINGING AN END
TO THE PRECIPITATION BY MIDDAY MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

It should be busy tonight and tomorrow on the scanner.

 

[ka3jjz]

and should bring the state to a grinding halt. I had been talking to my neighbor yesterday about how we were overdue for a big one, and joked that we should get a 6 incher before the spring. Looks like someone overheard me, hi

Be safe out there everyone 73 Mike

 

[pasadenamd]

7:48:Anne Arundel County Fire Dispatch: To ALL Units.Anne Arundel County Fire on Condition Blue. EMS units take patients to the closest hospital regardless of their status

 

[SCPD]

Woohoo, snow for once around here! The plows in DC should be very interesting, and it's also interesting how people go bananas when something like this happens and clean out the shelves at the grocery stores.

 

[ka3jjz]

I've heard very little snowplow activity on the Anne Arundel system, but Baltimore county services are out - I've heard several hits on their system for what sounds like salt spreaders and plows. Just heard on 47.32 that Kent and QA have declared snow emergencies.

73 Mike

 

[Kumba]

Last measurement I took down here in Charles County, had about 3.25-3.5" accumulated on the back deck. Probably past 4" by now. We're in the thick of it.

 

[pasadenamd]

Anne Arundel County Eastern District said that visibilities were bad on I-97, so when there are calls there to send two officers.
Board of Education Plows are very busy.
AAC Public Works are very active.
Some AAC Public Work Plows are stuck in areas.
I currenty have about 5-5.5 inches here.

 

[pasadenamd]

Anne Arundel County Fire Department is using Bursh Trucks to plow roads so emergency vehicles can get through roads.

 

[pasadenamd]

I had a total of 6 inches.

Board of Education Supervisors Talkgroup is very busy today and tonight.