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:
 
https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/cwd/         
 
 
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 or Senior Duty Meteorologist at Sdm@noaa.gov at 301-683-1500  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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