UPDATED: Winter Storm Warning (Increase In Accumulation)

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
400 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

MDZ021>025-VAZ075>078-170500-
/O.EXT.KAKQ.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY
400 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND NORTHERN NECK
  IN VIRGINIA.

* HAZARDS: HEAVY SNOW.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE
  IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
  LATER THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. THE
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND END LATER TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
  HAZARDOUS...SNOW COVERED ROADS. EVEN PRIMARY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
  WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES.

* ACCUMULATION: SNOW ACCUMULATION 8 TO 12 INCHES.

* TEMPERATURES: UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.