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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
417 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
MDC005-013-015-021-025-027-011000-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SQ.W.0003.260101T0917Z-260101T1000Z/
CARROLL MD-HOWARD MD-HARFORD MD-FREDERICK MD-CECIL MD-BALTIMORE MD-
417 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
EAST CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 500 AM EST.
* AT 417 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GAP TO STEWARTSTOWN TO NEAR DISCOVERY-SPRING
GARDEN, MOVING EAST AT 65 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 INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 1 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 4.
INTERSTATE 70 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 68.
INTERSTATE 95 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 99.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIKESVILLE, COCKEYSVILLE, WESTMINSTER, ABERDEEN, HAVRE DE GRACE,
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, CALVERT, TOWSON, BEL AIR SOUTH,
RANDALLSTOWN, OWINGS MILLS, BEL AIR NORTH, ELDERSBURG, CARNEY, PERRY
HALL, REISTERSTOWN, MAYS CHAPEL, TIMONIUM, MOUNT AIRY, AND FALLSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
LAT...LON 3953 7600 3954 7606 3949 7611 3946 7607
3935 7718 3941 7723 3972 7681 3972 7593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 281DEG 55KT 4002 7599 3973 7660 3946 7729
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
EST
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