Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
233 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015

DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY
233 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* 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 BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A
  TRANSITION TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX IS EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE
  MORNING THURSDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY NOON THURSDAY THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION 3 TO 5 INCHES...
  ALONG WITH TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICE.

* 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 EARLY AFTERNOON
  THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND A QUARTER-MILE AT
  TIMES THURSDAY 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.