...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE COMING TO AN END MONDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLUSHY THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS MAY AFFECT THOSE HEADING TO WORK OR SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES AND PERHAPS BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. MC
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:49:17 +0000