Update#1: CWD for Southern and Eastern Regions have been extended to 00Z Wed. Feb. 17th due to ongoing widespread winter weather impacts.
Topic: Critical Weather Day has been declared.
Date/Time Issued: February 15, 2021 1750Z
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 13, 2021 1200Z J/DAY 044
Date/Time of Expected End: February 16, 2021 1200Z J/DAY 047 (February 17, 2021 0000Z 048)
Length of Outage: 72 hours
Who: NCEP, NCF, Southern Region, Eastern Region
Reason: Impactful winter weather across several portions of the country this weekend and into next week:
Southern Region - significant snow, ice, and cold temperatures across the Southern US.
Eastern Region - CWD begins for ER 15/1200Z - Potential icing event early next week.
Users can get CWD status on the NCEP web page:
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