WTOP’s Traffic Reporter Reada Kessler reported that six tractor-trailers crashed on that strip, which prevented movement since about 6 a.m.ĭildine said that had been the case throughout the afternoon and into the evening.īut Dildine did say that the Virginia Department of Transportation has deployed resources to make a lane passable. It’s been an excruciating ordeal for many people in Northern Virginia between Quantico and Thornburg on Interstate 95,” WTOP Traffic Reporter Dave Dildine said. Headlining drivers’ frustrations - the problem on Interstate 95 south near the Centerport Parkway in Stafford.
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Some snow-struck drivers have been stopped on the Beltway Outer Loop near National Harbor, Route 50 near the South River, I-95 in Stafford County for more than 5 hours. Spinouts, downed trees and stopped traffic were all over area roads as commuters drove Monday. 'What was slush is turning icy': WTOP's Neal Augenstein reports from Northern Virginia For snow-stunned traffic, it’s all about bad timing and poor judgment.Maryland and Virginia close COVID vaccination, testing sites.
PHOTOS: First DC region snowfall of 2022.Winter weather warnings and advisories as of Monday morning. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM.border, have also received close to a foot of snow. To the east in Maryland, parts of Charles, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties, including those right along the D.C. This led to roughly a foot of snow accumulating in Virginia near Stafford and Prince William counties as well as the city of Fredericksburg. Snowfall rates came in strong in the early and midmorning hours, dumping between 1 to 3 inches per hour, Storm Team4 meteorologist Mike Stinneford told WTOP. Ritter said temperatures would plunge into the mid-teens overnight and produce the hard refreeze that will fluster road crews through the night and morning. … All this heavy, wet snow is going to freeze overnight.” “Usually when we get amounts like this, it’s not a heavy and wet snow, but that’s just what we got,” Ritter said. Matt Ritter, WTOP Multimedia Meteorologist January 3, 2022 Since zilch will melt tonight (quite the opposite), this visible satellite picture tomorrow morning will look even more dramatic with no clouds to obscure. The call was echoed by officials in Maryland and Virginia struggling to address snow-covered roads and ice-covered ramps as the wet roads made way for ice. Stay off the roads, allow our crews to work and protect yourself,” D.C. “I can’t emphasize enough right now that you should stay home. area.Įvery jurisdiction has asked drivers to stay off roads as transportation officials work to address oncoming icy conditions. However, as wet surfaces become slick overnight, the state of roadways will become much more important to the D.C.
The total far eclipsed the previous record of 2.4 inches set in 1988. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Matt Ritter confirmed late on Monday that the snow totals beat recorded measures at Washington-Reagan National Airport (DCA) with 6.9 inches of snow. region, leaving hundreds stuck in hellacious commutes on major and side roads, while thousands of others navigate power outages. The National Weather Service’s snowfall forecast for Monday.
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