Winter Storm Warning 3-5-15

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
416 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
416 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 BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A
  TRANSITION TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING
  THURSDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH
  EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 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.