Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
623 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY
623 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.
* AREAS AFFECTED: LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.
* HAZARDS: MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...THEN SNOW LATE THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* TIMING: RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A
TRANSITION TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX IS EXPECTED BY LATE
MORNING...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATION: SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE LOWER MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO 2 TO 3 INCHES CLOSER
TO THE ATLANTIC COAST WHERE MORE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS
SLEET. TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE.
* TEMPERATURES: LOW 30S...DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S BY EARLY
EVENING.
* WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO AROUND A QUARTER-MILE AT
TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAKING TRAVEL
DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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