Winter Storm Watch Issued For Howard County Starting Thursday

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — The National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington has issued a winter storm watch for Howard County that takes effect at 3 a.m. Thursday and runs until 6 a.m. Friday. Total snow accumulations of five or more inches and ice accumulations of a quarter-inch or more are possible.

Potential impacts include significant travel delays and closures since travel could be very difficult to impossible. Winter storm watches have been issued for the entire region for heavy wintry precipitation starting late Wednesday night and continuing through Thursday night. Visit weather.gov/lwx/winter for more information.