First Official NOAA Blizzard Warnings for DC Area are Up

.... and FWSAAB warned about that last weekend! But who's bragging? Woohooo! Geaux Saints!

Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
306 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

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ANNE ARUNDEL-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNAPOLIS...ST MARYS CITY
306 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM
EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO
30 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN EXCESS OF 30 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS
WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL OCCURRING FROM SUNSET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE
MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.

* VISIBILITIES...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW ONE-QUARTER
MILE ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN HEAVY SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...
BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40
MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RECORD
SNOWFALL FOR THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN AREAS.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING. HELP YOUR LOCAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES BY
STAYING OFF THE ROADS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS.