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WWUS41 KAKQ 010906  
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
406 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009  
 
VAZ048-049-061>064-069-011715-  
/O.UPG.KAKQ.WS.A.0003.090301T2300Z-090302T1600Z/  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.090301T2300Z-090302T1700Z/  
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-POWHATAN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND  
406 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON  
EST MONDAY...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER  
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS  
EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN  
EFFECT.  
 
LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT  
NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY...AND THEN JUST OFF THE  
MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW  
WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE  
REGION. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY  
EARLY EVENING...THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY  
MORNING.  
 
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED  
OVER THE WARNING AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW  
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL  
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR  
DESTINATION SAFELY. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN  
YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU.  
 

 
 

 
 
VAZ060-065>068-070>076-011715-  
/O.UPG.KAKQ.WS.A.0003.090301T2300Z-090302T1600Z/  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.090301T2300Z-090302T1700Z/  
PRINCE EDWARD-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-CHESTERFIELD-  
HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMVILLE...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...  
COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK  
406 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON  
EST MONDAY...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER  
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM  
THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO  
LONGER IN EFFECT.  
 
LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT  
NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY...AND THEN JUST OFF THE  
MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE  
AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION. ONCE THE LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...COLDER AIR  
WRAPPING INTO THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL CHANGE THE  
RAIN OVER TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE  
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...HEAVY AT TIMES.  
 
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED  
OVER THE WARNING AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW  
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL  
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR  
DESTINATION SAFELY. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN  
YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU.  
 

 
 

 
 
MDZ021-011715-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.090301T2300Z-090302T1700Z/  
DORCHESTER-  
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CAMBRIDGE  
406 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON  
EST MONDAY...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER  
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS  
EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY.  
 
LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT  
NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY...AND THEN JUST OFF THE  
MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW  
WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE  
REGION. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY  
EARLY EVENING...THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY  
MORNING.  
 
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED  
OVER THE WARNING AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW  
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL  
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR  
DESTINATION SAFELY. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN  
YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU.  
 

 
 

 
 
MDZ022>025-VAZ077>083-085-011715-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.090301T2300Z-090302T1700Z/  
WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-  
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-  
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-MIDDLESEX-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...PRINCESS ANNE...  
SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL  
406 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON  
EST MONDAY...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER  
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM  
THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO  
LONGER IN EFFECT.  
 
LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT  
NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY...AND THEN JUST OFF THE  
MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE  
AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION. ONCE THE LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...COLDER AIR  
WRAPPING INTO THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL CHANGE THE  
RAIN OVER TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE  
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...HEAVY AT TIMES.  
 
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED  
OVER THE WARNING AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW  
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL  
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR  
DESTINATION SAFELY. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN  
YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU.  
 

 
 

 
 
NCZ012-VAZ084-086>094-099-100-011715-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.WS.A.0004.090301T2300Z-090302T1700Z/  
NORTHAMPTON NC-GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-  
JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-  
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...  
WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...  
CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE  
406 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY  
MORNING...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER  
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY  
MORNING.  
 
LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT  
NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY...AND THEN JUST OFF THE  
MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE  
AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION. ONCE THE LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...COLDER AIR  
WRAPPING INTO THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL CHANGE THE  
RAIN OVER TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW  
WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND COULD  
POTENTIALLY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.  
 
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED  
OVER THE WARNING AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE  
UNCERTAINTIES IN THE STORM TRACK...HOW FAST THE COLD AIR WILL MOVE  
IN...AND THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION ONCE THE COLD AIR IS IN  
PLACE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 4 INCHES OVER  
THE WATCH AREA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT  
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR  
THE LATEST FORECASTS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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