317  
WWUS41 KAKQ 211423  
WSWAKQ  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
923 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
MDZ021>025-212230-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.A.0003.260222T1500Z-260224T0000Z/  
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-  
923 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH  
MONDAY EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6  
AND 9 INCHES. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...DORCHESTER, INLAND WORCESTER, MARYLAND BEACHES, SOMERSET,  
AND WICOMICO COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE  
POSSIBLE AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY  
LIFE-THREATENING. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 

 
 

 
 
VAZ075>078-083>086-090-517>523-212230-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.A.0003.260222T1500Z-260224T0000Z/  
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-NEW KENT-  
GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-WESTERN KING WILLIAM-  
EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-EASTERN KING AND  
QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-YORK-  
923 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH  
MONDAY EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2  
AND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 

 
 

 
 
VAZ099-100-212230-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.A.0003.260222T1500Z-260224T0000Z/  
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON-  
923 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH  
MONDAY EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3  
AND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...NORTHAMPTON AND ACCOMACK COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD  
CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY  
MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE  
BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 

 
 

 
 
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