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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
910 AM EST MON JAN 20 2025
VAC043-061-107-153-201500-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SQ.W.0007.250120T1410Z-250120T1500Z/
LOUDOUN VA-CLARKE VA-FAUQUIER VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-
910 AM EST MON JAN 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EST.
* AT 908 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUEMONT,
OR 16 MILES WEST OF LEESBURG, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS WILL IMPACT US ROUTE 50 IN LOUDOUN COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH RIDING, BROADLANDS, BRAMBLETON, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
ASHBURN, STERLING, MIDDLEBURG, ARCOLA, OATLANDS, BOYCE, SAINT LOUIS,
GLEEDSVILLE, BRIGGS, ALDIE, MILLWOOD, UPPERVILLE, STERLING PARK,
PHILOMONT, BETHEL, AND PARIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS MAY RESULT FROM PEOPLE EXITING THEIR
VEHICLES DURING A SNOW SQUALL. DRIVERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOU OR
STOP! IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR PULLED TO THE SIDE
OF THE ROADWAY, QUICKLY EXIT YOUR VEHICLE AND MOVE AS FAR AWAY FROM
THE ROADWAY AS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. DO NOT STAND
ALONG OR NEAR THE ROADWAY, SINCE APPROACHING VEHICLES MAY BE UNABLE
TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
LAT...LON 3901 7738 3887 7752 3904 7809 3913 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 289DEG 29KT 3904 7784
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
BELAK
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