Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
249 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2014

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-061>064-069-071>078-083>086-099-020400-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.A.0004.140303T0900Z-140304T0300Z/
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-POWHATAN-
HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-
ACCOMACK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...LOUISA...GOOCHLAND...
ASHLAND...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...CHINCOTEAGUE...
WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA
249 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL VIRGINIA TO THE NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE
  PENINSULA IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...THEN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE.

* HAZARDS: PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIAL FOR 4 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW AND SLEET
  ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH A LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION.

* TEMPERATURES: STARTING IN THE 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN
  FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S BY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
  MPH INLAND...AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO
  35 MPH NEAR THE BAY AND ON THE EASTERN SHORE.

* TIMING: LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: ANY RAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING
  WILL TRANSITION TO A BRIEF WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BECOME
  PRIMARILY SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDDAY...THEN CONTINUE
  INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL RESULTING FROM ICY THEN
  SNOW COVERED ROADS IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING MONDAY...WHICH
  WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.