URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1149 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

MDZ022-023-230100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T1200Z/
WICOMICO-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...PRINCESS ANNE
1149 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...

* AREAS AFFECTED: WICOMICO AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN LOWER
  SOUTHEAST MARYLAND.

* HAZARDS: SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET THIS AFTERNOON CHANGING TO
  RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A GUSTY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH
  IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES: RISING INTO THE MID 30S TO UPPER 30S TONIGHT AND
  REMAINING NEARLY STEADY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTH AND
  INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TONIGHT
  INTO SUNDAY.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MIDDAY OR EARLY
  AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY MIXING WITH SLEET THIS EVENING. RAIN IS
  EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IS
  LIKELY BY LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
  TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACTED FRIDAY INTO
  SATURDAY.

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.