![]() ![]() She said wet snow falling quickly on branches, particularly in wooded areas, damaged trees and caused some lines to fall or crisscross and some poles to break. ![]() Peggy Fox, a spokeswoman for Dominion, said power should be back for most customers Friday, while some might not get electricity until Saturday. In Charles County, Maryland, about 600 SMECO customers are without power. The Rappahannock Electric Cooperative says more than 21,000 customers are still in the dark in the counties in Northern Virginia that the cooperative serves. The company blames the prolonged outages on heavily-damaged power equipment. Most of the lingering power outages are in Northern Virginia.ĭominion Energy reports about 9,000 customers in Northern Virginia still don’t have their power back. area are still waiting for the lights - and heat - to come back on. “That’s a lot harder to deal with, that will overcome any chemical you put down on the street, any salt, or brine.” Outagesĭays after Monday’s storm, around 30,000 homes and businesses throughout the D.C. Geldart said the District saw 8 inches of snow in four hours on Monday. “That’s usually the type stuff that we see in the region here, which is much easier for us to deal with than what we had on Monday.” Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Chris Geldart said. “We had … snow through the night and wrap up here just before daybreak,” D.C. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency Thursday, noting that the state’s resources are stretched thin from the previous storm that dumped up to 13 inches in some spots. Though MCDOT crews plowed emergency routes and started clearing residential streets Friday morning, they had to return to addressing emergency routes because of snowdrift. Montgomery County’s department of transportation is asking drivers to hold off on traveling on residential streets. WTOP’s Neal Augenstein cautioned drivers that ramps could still be icy even though main roads were largely cleared early Friday. The Fredericksburg VDOT district reported that I-95 was cleared early Friday morning. On Thursday, VDOT spokeswoman Kelly Hannon said tankers began pretreating Interstate 95 with a salt brine solution on Thursday morning. Earlier, the department urged everyone to avoid nonessential travel during the storm to give crews time to plow and apply treatment. The Virginia Department of Transportation reported the first snowflakes falling just after 10 p.m. The Beltway in Montgomery County after snow not bad at all. Some areas are slick, such as side roads. WTOP’s Nick Iannelli, who was driving in Maryland, said drivers will find slushy conditions and wet pavement. Crews plowed the snow from shoulder to shoulder. WTOP Traffic reports the major highways are clear. The field across the street is a playground for the snow dog. City of Winchester - 5.5 inches at 6 a.m.City of Fredericksburg - 1.9 inches at 7:30 a.m.Harford County - 3.7 inches at 7:30 a.m.American University - 3.1 inches at 6:13 a.m.But here are some of the recorded snowfall totals in the D.C. PHOTOS: Encore! Snow blankets DC region again.Read more about the winter storm hitting the East Coast.“When I walked out my door, my ice scraper was too slow so I used a broom to clean my whole car,” WTOP’s Neal Augenstein said. Unlike the wet snow on Monday, Friday’s snow was fluffy. Around the same time, Frederick County, Maryland reported 6 inches of snow on the ground, less than three hours since the first snowflake dropped. Friday (it ended up at over 5 inches before 7 a.m.). In Fairfax County, Virginia, 4.2 inches of snow was recorded just before 3 a.m. Stinneford said the snow, for the most part, ended by 5 a.m. “The big story today will be the gusty winds.” “Over 5 inches of snow fell around the Damascus area and portions of Frederick County, Maryland.” “Most of us saw 2 to 4 inches, but the jackpot was back in northern Montgomery County,” StormTeam4 meteorologist Mike Stinneford said. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM.See the latest school closings and delays. Among them are Montgomery, Howard, Frederick and Carroll counties in Maryland. Some school systems changed their status from opening late to closing. Funeral services will be conducted as scheduled. All D.C.-area Smithsonian museums are closed.Īrlington National Cemetery is closed. The Washington Monument and Ford’s Theatre will be closed Friday. area might want to bundle up Friday as windchills have dropped feels-like temperatures into the teens after a night of snowfall that left between 2 and 5 inches on the ground by sunrise. Windy conditions will make it feel like it’s in the teens on Friday.Between 2 and 5 inches fell in the D.C. ![]()
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