\nWinter Storm Watch<\/h3>\n
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA\r\n249 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2014\r\n\r\nMDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-061>064-069-071>078-083>086-099-020400-\r\n\/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.A.0004.140303T0900Z-140304T0300Z\/\r\nDORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-\r\nFLUVANNA-LOUISA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-POWHATAN-\r\nHENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-\r\nNORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-\r\nACCOMACK-\r\nINCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...\r\nPRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...LOUISA...GOOCHLAND...\r\nASHLAND...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...CHINCOTEAGUE...\r\nWALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA\r\n249 PM EST SAT MAR 1 2014\r\n\r\n...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH\r\nMONDAY EVENING...\r\n\r\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER\r\nSTORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH\r\nMONDAY EVENING.\r\n\r\n* AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL VIRGINIA TO THE NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE\r\n PENINSULA IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...THEN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE.\r\n\r\n* HAZARDS: PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET.\r\n\r\n* ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIAL FOR 4 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW AND SLEET\r\n ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH A LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION.\r\n\r\n* TEMPERATURES: STARTING IN THE 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN\r\n FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S BY AFTERNOON.\r\n\r\n* WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25\r\n MPH INLAND...AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO\r\n 35 MPH NEAR THE BAY AND ON THE EASTERN SHORE.\r\n\r\n* TIMING: LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.\r\n\r\n* IMPACTS: ANY RAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING\r\n WILL TRANSITION TO A BRIEF WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND\r\n FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BECOME\r\n PRIMARILY SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDDAY...THEN CONTINUE\r\n INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL RESULTING FROM ICY THEN\r\n SNOW COVERED ROADS IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING MONDAY...WHICH\r\n WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.\r\n\r\nPRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...\r\n\r\nA WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT\r\nSNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.\r\nCONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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 … Continue reading March 3, 2014: Winter Storm Watch<\/span>