LWX issues WSWatch...says significant iceing is possible...

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WINTER STORM WATCH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
310 AM EST MON FEB 2 2004

.LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST MONDAY
NIGHT...AND TRACK TO SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA TUESDAY...AS HIGH
PRESSURE SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH OUT OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX TO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY.

DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-
050>057-WVZ048>055-022100-
ALBEMARLE VA-ALLEGANY MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-AUGUSTA VA-BERKELEY WV-
CALVERT MD-CARROLL MD-CHARLES MD-CLARKE VA-CULPEPER VA-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-FAUQUIER VA-FREDERICK VA-
FREDERICK MD-GRANT WV-GREENE VA-HAMPSHIRE WV-HARDY WV-HARFORD MD-
HIGHLAND VA-HOWARD MD-JEFFERSON WV-KING GEORGE VA-LOUDOUN VA-
MADISON VA-MINERAL WV-MONTGOMERY MD-MORGAN WV-NELSON VA-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-ORANGE VA-PAGE VA-PENDLETON WV-
PRINCE GEORGES MD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA-
RAPPAHANNOCK VA-ROCKINGHAM VA-SHENANDOAH VA-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD-
SPOTSYLVANIA VA-ST. MARYS MD-STAFFORD VA-WARREN VA-WASHINGTON MD-

...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF MARYLAND
WEST OF THE BAY...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...THE EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA PANHANDLE...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO
THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.

PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW AND SLEET MONDAY NIGHT...BUT
WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. SOME ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE
OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN...THERE MAY BE
A BRIEF PERIOD WHERE THE PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE BACK
TO SLEET OR SNOW BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY SUNSET.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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