Friday, February 26, 2010

NOREASTER COMES BACK IN USA

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR USA EAST


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 300 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010  MDZ501-VAZ021-WVZ054-501-503-261600- /O.CON.KLWX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100226T2300Z/ EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-PENDLETON-WESTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FROSTBURG...BAYARD...EMORYVILLE... HARTMANSVILLE 300 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010  ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...  A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.  * PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.  * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 20 INCHES TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION   THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.  * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW ALONG WITH BLIZZARD   CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING   UPSLOPE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.  * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TEENS EARLY THIS MORNING.   HIGHS IN THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH NOON WILL BE   AS LOW AS MINUS 10 DEGREES.  * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.   BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW   REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.  PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. 

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