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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
339 PM EST TUE NOV 19 2024
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GARRETT-WESTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-WESTERN
PENDLETON-
339 PM EST TUE NOV 19 2024
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE
RIDGETOPS. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
* WHERE...IN MARYLAND, GARRETT COUNTY. IN VIRGINIA, WESTERN HIGHLAND
COUNTY. IN WEST VIRGINIA, WESTERN GRANT, WESTERN MINERAL, AND
WESTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. THIS MAY LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND
MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT OF SNOW ON
TREE LIMBS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE SPORADIC POWER
OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION AT
WEATHER.GOV/LWX/WINTER.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS,
BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING.
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
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