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Sam Doss, 9, of Virginia Beach sticks his tongue out to collect snowflakes as he and family friend Mark Lewis of Alexandria get ready to head into FedEx Field as the Washington Redskins prepare to play the Kansas City Chiefs in snowy conditions in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Sleet, ice, deepfreeze hit large swath of U.S.

By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press

Fans at Soldier Field in Chicago are warned to take cover as a severe storm moves through the area during the first half of an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Tornadoes, damaging storms sweep through Midwest

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

A dark line of morning storm clouds creep across the sky near Pentagon City, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for D.C. area

By Celina Durgin - The Washington Times

Passing motorists Charles Jenkins (center) and Tyler Hackworth (center right) work with members of the Lynchburg Fire Department to clear a tree that fell due to heavy winds across southbound lanes of U.S. 501 in Lynchburg, Va., on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Fast-moving storm fells trees, drops hail, disrupts travelers

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Scott Edwards with Montgomery County Highway helps clean up fallen trees in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Tornado spotted in Montgomery County; outages in Md., Va. and D.C.

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Swirling morning storm clouds can be seen on Interstate 66, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Storm falls short of derecho

By Celina Durgin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 30, 2012, file photo, an American Beech tree is down on Capitol Hill grounds in Washington across from the U.S. Supreme Court after a powerful storm swept across the Washington region. A gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms with tree-toppling winds is likely to threaten one in five Americans Wednesday is as it rumbles from Iowa to Maryland, meteorologists warn. The massive storms may even spawn an unusual weather event called a derecho, which is a massive storm of strong straight-line winds spanning at least 240 miles. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Derecho potential? Massive Midwest storm system headed toward D.C. area

By Celina Durgin - The Washington Times

Overturned trucks block a frontage road off I-40 just east of 81 in El Reno, Okla., after a tornado moved through the area on Friday, May 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

Deadly El Reno, Okla., tornado was widest on record, rated a rare EF5

Associated Press

A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (Associated Press)

Horror and heartbreak in Oklahoma: Children among the dozens dead in devastating tornado

By Tim Talley - Associated Press

Two men clear snow Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Minneapolis as a winter storm dumped snow on much of the state. Tens of thousands of Minnesota students got a day off Tuesday as the second day of a slow-moving snowstorm made travel difficult across much of the region. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Snowstorm closing on D.C. after battering Midwest

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Is blizzard getting too much hype? No, experts say

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Blizzard expert to run National Weather Service

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Woman drowns at flooded camp for homeless in Maryland

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

Chloe Elms, visiting D.C. from San Diego, holds her hands close to her face to try to stay warm in Chinatown on Wednesday. D.C. area residents have been bundled up since Tuesday after weekend temperatures in the 50s. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Deep freeze to keep folks bundled up, chilling out

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

In a Jan. 10, 2013, photo, Richard Emanuel, a National Weather Service forecaster in Cheyenne, Wyo., looks at radar images of a storm as it dumps heavy snow on the western plains and Black Hills. This winter, the Weather Service is trying out simple, descriptive language to possibly replace its 14 watches, advisories and warnings for wintry weather — from ice storms to blizzards, wind chill to lake-effect snow. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Change in air for blizzard of winter weather terms

By Mead Gruver - Associated Press

For President Obama's first inauguration four years ago, a steam vent on the Mall keeps people warm in the early morning of Jan. 20, hours before the ceremony. The forecast for Monday's swearing-in is temperatures in the mid- to upper 30s. (Associated Press)

Inauguration Day has a chilly history

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Change in air for blizzard of winter weather terms

By MEAD GRUVER - Associated Press

Matt Nigro sleds down a hill in Lode Star Park in Fredon, N.J., on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. Snow from the second winter storm in less than a week fell over most of the Northeast and the upper Ohio River Valley. (AP Photo/The New Jersey Herald, Amy Herzog)

Storm leaves up to foot of snow in New England

Associated Press

A Indiana State Highway Garage snow plows moves work along Jonathan Moore Pike in Columbus, Ind. Wednesday Dec. 26, 2012. The blizzard warning issued the day before by National Weather Service came to fruition in the region as winds picked up and snow began falling in earnest before dawn. (AP Photo/The Republic, Joe Harpring)

Storm blows through East; 135K in dark in Arkansas

By Holly Ramer - Associated Press

Skaters make their way across ice lightly covered with snow at Brenton Skating Plaza in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 6, 2012. (Associated Press

Snow-savvy Midwest cities breaking no-snow records

By Barbara Rodriguez - Associated Press