Alert archive / Virginia / Ice Storm Warnings in 2007
Ice Storm Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this ice storm warning at Feb 12, 2007, 3:47 PM EST for 23 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 13, 2007, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 32 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2007, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2007, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2007, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 24 counties
Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Monroe County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KRNK 122047 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 347 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES SINKING BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WILL CAUSING THE RAIN TO FREEZE ACROSS LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...COLDER AIR WILL SINK SOUTH INTO THE SHENANDOAH...ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER VALLEYS...AS WELL AS THE GREENBRIER VALLEY...HIGHLANDS AND FOOTHILLS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 460. THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY SOUTH OF ROANOKE WILL ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT ICING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END AS SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. VAZ018>020-WVZ045-130500- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.070212T2300Z-070214T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.IS.W.0002.070213T0500Z-070214T1700Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...LEWISBURG 347 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW IS LIKELY THIS EVENING...AND THIS WILL TRANSITION TO AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE CAN BE ANTICIPATED. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. $$ VAZ023-024-034-035-130500- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.070213T0900Z-070214T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.IS.W.0002.070213T0500Z-070214T1700Z/ BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BEDFORD... AMHERST 347 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO SCATTERED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...EXPECT MOST OF THE AREA TO HAVE FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ VAZ014-017-022-WVZ044-130500- /O.NEW.KRNK.IS.W.0002.070213T0500Z-070214T1700Z/ MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-ROANOKE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD...SALEM... UNION 347 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND SCATTERED ACROSS A GOOD DEAL OF THE AREA BY DAWN TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN ROANOKE COUNTY...AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN FLOYD COUNTY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ VAZ045>047-130500- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.070213T0900Z-070214T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.070213T0500Z-070214T1700Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 347 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN ARRIVES TONIGHT...BUT AS COLDER AIR SINKS SOUTH TUESDAY...THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 460 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY NEAR LYNCHBURG. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ VAZ011-013-016-032-033-WVZ043-130500- /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.070213T0500Z-070214T1700Z/ GILES-PULASKI-CARROLL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-SUMMERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...PULASKI...GALAX...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...HINTON 347 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN ARRIVES TONIGHT...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS IN THE WEST TOWARD MORNING. TUESDAY...LIGHT ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO LOCATIONS CLOSE TO EASTERN FACING SLOPES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ANTICIPATED ACROSS EASTERN GILES AND WESTERN PATRICK COUNTIES. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KRNK 130221 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 921 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES SINKING BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WILL CAUSING THE RAIN TO FREEZE ACROSS LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...COLDER AIR WILL SINK SOUTH INTO THE SHENANDOAH...ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER VALLEYS...AS WELL AS THE GREENBRIER VALLEY...HIGHLANDS AND FOOTHILLS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 460. THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY SOUTH OF ROANOKE WILL ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT ICING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END AS SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. VAZ014-017>020-022>024-034-035-WVZ044-045-131030- /O.CON.KRNK.IS.W.0002.070213T0500Z-070214T1700Z/ MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BEDFORD...AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 921 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTRY MIX IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH MIXED SNOW AND SLEET FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LEWISBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO LEXINGTON VIRGINIA...AND AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64...INCLUDING THE ROANOKE VALLEY...THE EASTERN NEW RIVER VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHERN GREENBRIER VALLEY... LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES REMAINING AT OR BELOW FREEZING FROM INTERSTATE 64 NORTHWARD...AND HOVERING AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLIP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING WITH A HEAVY GLAZE OF ICE ANTICIPATED TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. $$ VAZ011-013-016-032-033-045>047-WVZ043-131030- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.070213T0500Z-070214T1700Z/ GILES-PULASKI-CARROLL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-SUMMERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...PULASKI...GALAX...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...HINTON 921 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN ARRIVES TONIGHT...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES MANAGE TO FALL TO THE FREEZING MARK. TUESDAY...LIGHT ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ANTICIPATED ALONG WITH BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY OF VIRGINIA. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KRNK 131050 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 550 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEARLY STEADY MUCH OF TODAY. DURING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...COLDER AIR WILL SINK SOUTH INTO THE SHENANDOAH...ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER VALLEYS...AS WELL AS INTO THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FROM INTERSTATE-64 SOUTH TO FANCY GAP WILL ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT ICING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END AS SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. VAZ014-017>020-022>024-034-035-WVZ044-045-132100- /O.CON.KRNK.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1700Z/ MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BEDFORD...AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 550 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. TEMPERATURES REMAINING AT OR BELOW FREEZING FROM INTERSTATE 64 NORTHWARD...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL TONIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. $$ VAZ011-013-016-032-033-045>047-WVZ043-132100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1700Z/ GILES-PULASKI-CARROLL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-SUMMERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...PULASKI...GALAX...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...HINTON 550 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. TEMPERATURES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING...CREATING PATCHES OF FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KRNK 132040 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 340 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST TONIGHT. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT...AND MOVE NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP A FEW DEGREES AFTER SUNSET. CURRENTLY...TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE FROM CARROLL COUNTY VIRGINIA NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. MUCH OF THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS ARE ALSO BELOW FREEZING. OTHER AREAS ARE NEAR FREEZING IN THE FOOTHILLS FROM ROANOKE AND LYNCHBURG NORTHWARD...WESTWARD INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...AND NORTHWARD INTO THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE LOCATIONS NEAR FREEZING ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW EARLY THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE WIDESPREAD IN THE WARNING AREA BY EARLY EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FROM INTERSTATE-64 SOUTH TO FANCY GAP WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT ICING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END AS SNOW SHOWERS AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. VAZ016-140500- /O.UPG.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KRNK.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALAX 340 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY...WILL BE BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...CREATING AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL TONIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ VAZ014-017>020-022>024-034-035-WVZ044-045-140500- /O.EXT.KRNK.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BEDFORD...AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 340 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN AND AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ALL FREEZING RAIN AFTER SUNSET. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...AND WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST ICING RIGHT ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL TONIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ NCZ002-003-VAZ010-012-015-WVZ042-140500- /O.EXB.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...DOBSON...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...BLUEFIELD 340 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SCATTERED LOCATIONS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING CREATING AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ VAZ011-013-032-033-045>047-WVZ043-140500- /O.EXT.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ GILES-PULASKI-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- SUMMERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...PULASKI...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...HINTON 340 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SCATTERED LOCATIONS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING CREATING AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE RIGHT ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...AND IN EASTERN SLOPES OF HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ JJ
000 WWUS41 KRNK 140253 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 953 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST TONIGHT. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT...AND MOVE NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE FROM CARROLL COUNTY VIRGINIA NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. MUCH OF THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS ARE ALSO BELOW FREEZING. OTHER AREAS ARE NEAR FREEZING AND WILL SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE WIDESPREAD IN THE WARNING AREA. LOCATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FROM INTERSTATE-64 SOUTH TO FANCY GAP WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT ICING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END AS SNOW SHOWERS AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. VAZ032-033-045>047-141100- /O.UPG.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ PATRICK-FRANKLIN-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...LYNCHBURG... APPOMATTOX 953 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...NEAR ONE HALF INCH...ARE POSSIBLE FROM MEADOWS OF DAN IN PATRICK COUNTY...NORTHEAST INTO THE ENDICOTT AREA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE FROM ROCKY MOUNT...NORTHEAST THROUGH LYNCHBURG...AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF APPOMATTOX AND BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ VAZ014-016>020-022>024-034-035-WVZ044-045-141100- /O.CON.KRNK.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BEDFORD...AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 953 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...SUPPORTING THE FORMATION OF HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST ICING RIGHT ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL TONIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ VAZ043-044-058-059-141100- /O.EXA.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 953 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SCATTERED LOCATIONS WILL BE NEAR FREEZING CREATING AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES NEAR 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN HENRY...NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA...EXTREME NORTHERN HALIFAX...AND NORTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTIES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ROADS THAT APPEAR WET MAY ACTUALLY BE COVERED WITH PATCHES OF ICE. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ VAZ011-013-WVZ043-141100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ GILES-PULASKI-SUMMERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...PULASKI...HINTON 953 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SCATTERED LOCATIONS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING CREATING AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ NCZ002-003-VAZ010-012-015-WVZ042-141100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...DOBSON...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...BLUEFIELD 953 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END DURING THE OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$
000 WWUS41 KRNK 141035 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 535 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...MORE FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE IS RAPIDLY DEEPENING OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THIS LOW DEVELOPS A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THROUGH THE REGION. RADAR IS SHOWING A BAND OF PRECIPITATION ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THE RAIN WILL END. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING RANGE FROM 30 TO 34 DEGREES. DEEPER VALLEYS AND ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET ARE ABOVE FREEZING AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS AREA BELOW FREEZING. ADDITIONAL ICING IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. VAZ014-016>020-022>024-032>035-045>047-WVZ044-045-141230- /O.CON.KRNK.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...UNION...LEWISBURG 535 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY NORTH OF ROANOKE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL THIS MORNING IS DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS CAN LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ NCZ002-003-VAZ010>013-015-043-044-058-059-WVZ042-043-141230- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-GRAYSON-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...DOBSON...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...INDEPENDENCE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON 535 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$
000 WWUS41 KRNK 141253 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 753 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED BUT STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES... .NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS JUST LIGHT PRECIPITATION THAT IS PULLING OUT OF THE AREA. MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY CHANGED OVER TO SNOW OR SLEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE MUCH THIS MORNING AS MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE RUSHING IN ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THICK ICE WILL REMAIN ON TREES AND POWER LINES...SO THE STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN MORE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. VAZ014-016>020-022>024-032>035-045>047-WVZ044-045-141400- /O.EXP.KRNK.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...UNION...LEWISBURG 753 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ NCZ002-003-VAZ010>013-015-043-044-058-059-WVZ042-043-141400- /O.EXP.KRNK.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070214T1300Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-GRAYSON-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...DOBSON...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...INDEPENDENCE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON 753 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Feb 12, 3:25 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 3:25 PM EST, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
325 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
RADAR SHOWS THE WARM FRONTAL/WARM ADVECTION LIGHT PRECIP EXPANDING
RAPIDLY EASTWARD. MOST OF THIS IS NOT REACHING THE GROUND AS THE
PRECIP IS USED TO SATURATE THE VERY DRY AIRMASS. HOT SPRINGS IS
REPORTING SOME SNOW...SO I EXPECT THE HIGH ELEVATIONS TO HAVE SOME
SNOW. MOST OF THIS PRECIP TONIGHT STAYS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE CWA WHERE THE BEST ISENTROPIC LIFT AND BAROCLINIC ZONE ALOFT IS.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW GRADUAL WARMING ALOFT IN THIS ZONE...AND MOST
AREAS SHOULD EITHER HAVE RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. LOOKS LIKE THIS FREEZING RAIN WILL HAVE TO DEPEND ON
IN-SITU TYPE DAMMING AND SO WILL PROBABLY BE PATCHY AREAS OF
FREEZING RAIN AND I DON/T THINK THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ICING THRU
TUE MORNING. THEN THE BEST SURGE OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND PRECIP INTO
THE AREA OCCURS TUE AFTERNOON INTO TUE EVENING. MODELS CONTINUE TO
SHOW THE MILLER B SFC LOW TYPE SCENARIO...AND THE KEY FOR THE
FORECAST BY TUE AFT INTO TUE NIGHT WILL BE HOW SOON THE COASTAL
SECONDARY LOW GET GOING AND DRAWS SOME OF THE COLDER AIR FROM
NORTHERN VA AND NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. THIS IS WHEN WE SHOULD
SEE MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND EITHER
SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS...AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
APPALACHIANS. BASED ON QPF AND EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...WE WILL
ISSUE AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR THE GREENBRIER VALLEY...EASTWARD
ACROSS THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA...AND INTO THE BLUE
RIDGE FROM AMHERST COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO FLOYD COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES
ROANOKE...BEDFORD AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AS WELL. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED. LOOKS LIKE
THE PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. WILL HAVE
ADVISORIES BORDERING THE WARNING AREA FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
LESS THAN AN QUARTER INCH.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...STRONG COLD ADVECTION INTO THE AREA
ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL BRING AN ADDED
THREAT FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES TO AREAS THAT RECEIVE
SIGNIFICANT ICING. FOR THIS REASON HAVE CONTINUED THE WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. WILL BE SOME UPSLOPE SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE SE WV AND FAR SW VA MTNS IN THE COLD ADVECTION
WEDNESDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME DOES NOT LOOK LIKE SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. THE COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES INTO
THURSDAY...BRINGING UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER TO THE REGION.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
REMAINING ON THE COLD SIDE EARLY IN THE PERIOD...WITH A CLIPPER
EXPECTED BRING MAINLY A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE REGION DURING THE
WEEKEND. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...LOOKS LIKE RIDGING WILL BEGIN SHIFTING
EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MS VLY WITH THE TROF MOVING OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST FOR MONDAY...WITH TEMPS MODERATING BACK TOWARD
NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z-18Z/...
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...ICE STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR VAZ014-017>020-022>024-034-035.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR VAZ011-013-016-032-033-045>047.
NC...NONE.
WV...ICE STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR WVZ044-045.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ043.
&&
SHORT TERM...JJ
LONG TERM...WPHazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 7:32 AM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 732 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007 VAZ018>020-023-024-034-035-045>047-WVZ045-131245- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-GREENBRIER- 732 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WSWRNK...WINTER STORM WATCH PRODUCT...FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE CONTACTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ICE ACCRETION REPORTS. NCZ001>005-018-019-VAZ007-009>017-022-032-033-043-044-WVZ042>044- 131245- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL- SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- ROANOKE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- 732 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE CONTACTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ICE ACCRETION REPORTS. NCZ006-020-VAZ058-059-131245- CASWELL-YADKIN-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 732 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOW PRESSURE TRACKING OFF THE COAST BY WEDNESDAY MAY PRODUCE SOME FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 5:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Bland, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 14 more | 40 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.