Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 17, 2012, 3:11 PM EST for 24 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 19, 2012, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2012, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2012, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 4:36 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 30 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
874 WWUS41 KRNK 172011 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 311 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLIDE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATER HALF OF SUNDAY...THIS WILL HELP TO PULL COLDER AIR IN FROM THE NORTH. COMBINED WITH SIGNIFICANT LIFT AND PRECIPITATION RATES...THIS WILL ALSO BRING DOWN COLDER AIR FROM ALOFT. OVERALL...THIS IS A VERY FAVORABLE TRACK FOR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE MILD SURFACE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THE FACT THAT THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN DURING THE DAY AND BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SNOW TO STICK EFFECTIVELY UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WHERE SOME ACCUMULATIONS COULD BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND MOVE EAST LATER SUNDAY EVENING. VAZ018>020-023-024-035-WVZ042>045-180415- /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 311 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW...PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXED IN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WET SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 3000 FT WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STARTING SUNDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS..WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S SUNDAY...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND 20S SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
556 WWUS41 KRNK 180255 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 955 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLIDE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATER HALF OF SUNDAY...THIS WILL HELP TO PULL COLDER AIR IN FROM THE NORTH. COMBINED WITH SIGNIFICANT LIFT AND PRECIPITATION RATES...THIS WILL ALSO BRING DOWN COLDER AIR FROM ALOFT. OVERALL...THIS IS A VERY FAVORABLE TRACK FOR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE MILD SURFACE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THE FACT THAT THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN DURING THE DAY AND BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SNOW TO STICK EFFECTIVELY UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WHERE SOME ACCUMULATIONS COULD BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND MOVE EAST LATER SUNDAY EVENING. VAZ018>020-023-024-035-WVZ042>045-181100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 955 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS... AND INTO THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW...PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXED IN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WET SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 3000 FT WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STARTING SUNDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS..WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
992 WWUS41 KRNK 180833 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 333 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLIDE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATER HALF OF SUNDAY...THIS WILL HELP TO PULL COLDER AIR IN FROM THE NORTH. COMBINED WITH SIGNIFICANT LIFT AND PRECIPITATION RATES...THIS WILL ALSO BRING DOWN COLDER AIR FROM ALOFT. OVERALL...THIS IS A VERY FAVORABLE TRACK FOR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE MILD SURFACE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THE FACT THAT THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN DURING THE DAY AND BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SNOW TO STICK EFFECTIVELY UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WHERE SOME ACCUMULATIONS COULD BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND MOVE EAST LATER SUNDAY EVENING. VAZ018>020-023-024-035-WVZ042>045-181645- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 333 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS... AND INTO THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW...PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXED IN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WET SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 3000 FT WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STARTING SUNDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS..WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ 07
532 WWUS41 KRNK 180844 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 344 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLIDE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATER HALF OF SUNDAY...THIS WILL HELP TO PULL COLDER AIR IN FROM THE NORTH. COMBINED WITH SIGNIFICANT LIFT AND PRECIPITATION RATES...THIS WILL ALSO BRING DOWN COLDER AIR FROM ALOFT. OVERALL...THIS IS A VERY FAVORABLE TRACK FOR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE MILD SURFACE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THE FACT THAT THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN DURING THE DAY AND BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SNOW TO STICK EFFECTIVELY UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WHERE SOME ACCUMULATIONS COULD BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND MOVE EAST LATER SUNDAY EVENING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>017-022-181645- /O.EXA.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...ROANOKE...SALEM 344 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD THROUGH THE NEW RIVER VALLEY TO THE ROANOKE VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW...PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXED IN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WET SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 3000 FT WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STARTING SUNDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS..WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ VAZ018>020-023-024-035-WVZ042>045-181645- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 344 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS... AND INTO THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW...PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXED IN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WET SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 3000 FT WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STARTING SUNDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS..WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
188 WWUS41 KRNK 181749 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1249 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLIDE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. OVERALL...THIS IS A VERY FAVORABLE TRACK FOR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE MILD SURFACE CONDITIONS TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...AND THE FACT THAT THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN DURING THE DAY AND BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SNOW TO STICK EFFECTIVELY UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WHERE SOME ACCUMULATIONS COULD BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND MOVE EAST LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-035-WVZ042>045-190000- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1249 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS... AND INTO THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW...PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXED IN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WET SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 3000 FT WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STARTING SUNDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS..WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
404 WWUS41 KRNK 182136 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 436 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...THEN PUSH OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A VERY FAVORABLE TRACK FOR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>017-022-WVZ042-190545- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.120219T0500Z-120220T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...ROANOKE...SALEM...BLUEFIELD 436 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NEW RIVER VALLEY...ROANOKE VALLEY...AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ALONG THE EAST FLANKS OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * TIMING...STARTING AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO WET SNOW BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WET SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ018>020-023-024-035-WVZ043>045-190545- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.120219T1100Z-120220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.120219T0500Z-120220T1100Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 436 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY...AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ALONG THE EAST FLANKS OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * TIMING...STARTING AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW OR SLEET...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO WET SNOW BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WET SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ034-190545- /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.120219T0500Z-120220T1100Z/ BEDFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEDFORD 436 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...BEDFORD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF BEDFORD. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...STARTING AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW OR SLEET...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO WET SNOW BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WET SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ032-033-043>047-058-059-190545- /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0008.120219T0500Z-120220T1100Z/ PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 436 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...PIEDMONT AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN CAMPBELL...APPOMATTOX...AND BUCKINGHAM COUNTY. * TIMING...STARTING AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW OR SLEET...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO WET SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 460 DURING THE MORNING...AND MIXING WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SNOW NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE DURING THE AFTERNOON. WET SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING ON SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S SUNDAY MORNING...FALLING TO THE LOWER AND MID 30S SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WERT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 17, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1246 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BEFORE PASSING OFFSHORE ON SATURDAY. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RIDE NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF COAST AND AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM BRINGING A RETURN TO DRIER WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1000 AM EST FRIDAY... CLEARING TO TAKE PLACE FROM EAST TO WEST TODAY...WITH TEMPS AGAIN MILD UNDER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AND ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. COULD AGAIN BE CLOSE TO 60 FAR SE WHILE MAINLY 50S EAST AND 40S TO LOW 50S MOUNTAINS. SURFACE HIGH RIDGES OVERHEAD TONIGHT WITH SUBSIDENCE KEEPING SKIES MAINLY CLEAR OUTSIDE OF SOME SHEARED HIGH CLOUDS WITH THE FAST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND PERHAPS A BIT OF LOW CLOUDS NW. BETTER RAD CONDITIONS SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE VALLEYS TO FALL BELOW FREEZING WHILE THE RIDGES STAYED A BIT MORE MIXED...WITH AN UPR 20S TO MID 30S BLEND ACROSS THE REGION FOR LOWS. SATURDAY SHOULD SEE INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS IN ADVANCE OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE GULF COAST. BUT PLENTY OF SUN EARLY WILL STILL YIELD QUITE MILD TEMPERATURES AS H85 TEMPS WILL BE IN THE +2C TO +5C RANGE WITH HIGHS REACHING THE 50S EVEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM EST FRIDAY... COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND CONTINUES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL LIFT NORTHEAST REACHING NORTHERN GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING...THEN MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS TRACK IS NORMALLY FAVORABLE FOR AN AXIS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IN OUR AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT SEEMS LIKE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS NORTH TO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR CWA IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH THE STRONGEST FRONTOGENESIS AND DEFORMATION ZONE. WILL HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THE HWO...AND HOLD OFF ON A WATCH UNTIL CLOSER IN TIME. THE LACK OF A COLD AIR MAY BE A MITIGATING FACTOR WHICH DYNAMIC COOLING AND FORCING WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME. LOWERED POPS ON SATURDAY INITIALLY BECAUSE TIMING THE ARRIVAL OF PRECIPITATION WAS SLOWER ON MODELS. THIS HAS BEEN THE TREND FOR A COUPLE OF RUNS. PLACED THE HIGHER POPS AFTER 06Z (1AM EST) SUNDAY WHEN THE GFS SHOWS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPING. WENT WITH THE COOLER MOS HIGHS ON SATURDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER. BUT...A DELAY OF THE CLOUDS COULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB IN THE PIEDMONT. RAISED POPS SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASED QPF CLOSER TO HPC. EXPECT LITTLE RECOVERY IN TEMPERATURES SUNDAY...AND NARROWED THE DIURNAL RANGE. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING SUNDAY AFTERNOON SNOW COVERAGE WILL INCREASED. CONSENSUS OF THE VARIOUS GUIDANCE SOLUTIONS IS TO PULL THE WRAP-AROUND PRECIP SHIELD EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING AS SFC LOW MOVES OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. COLDER AIR WILL BE FILTERING IN TO THE PIEDMONT AND COULD CHANGE ANY LINGERING LIGHT PRECIP TO SNOW OR SNOW/RAIN MIX. LINGERING UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW FLURRIES IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. LOWERED OVERNIGHT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT WITH VALUES IN THE UPPER TEENS IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 345 PM EST THURSDAY... THE SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR EARLY PART OF THE WEEK WITH QUICKLY MODERATING TEMPS AGAIN...ESPECIALLY BY TUES WITH RETURN TO SW FLOW. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS THEN BEGIN TO DIVERGE AGAIN BY MID WEEK WITH GFS MORE PROGRESSIVE AND ZONAL BUT WITH NO MOISTURE TAP OF GULF UNTIL THURSDAY TIME FRAME WITH SOME SOUTHERN BRANCH ENERGY FINALLY KICKING OUT...WHILE ECMWF AND CANADIAN ARE DEEPER AMPLITUDE WITH THE INITIAL WAVE AND FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WED...AND THEN SECONDARY WAVE WITH DRIER FRONT BUT COLDER AIR BEHIND IT FOR THURSDAY. NONE OF THIS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS ENOUGH COLD AIR FOR ANY WINTRY PTYPE ISSUES WITH MAIN SFC LOW TRACKING WELL TO OUR NORTH. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE PATTERN BY MIDWEEK IS UNSETTLED AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE LINGERING UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGES AND EXACTLY WHEN NEXT THREAT FOR RAIN WILL ARRIVE...BUT SOMETIME IN THE WED-THURS TIME FRAME SEEMS A GOOD BET AT THIS TIME...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER THIRD TO HALF INCH LIQUID FOR MANY LOCATIONS...AND CONTINUED QUITE MILD THROUGH THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 1245 PM EST FRIDAY... CLOUDS HAVE ERODED ACROSS NEARLY ENTIRE AREA WITH VIS SAT SHOWING ONLY A FEW SCT CLOUDS OVER SOUTHERN WV. VFR CONDITIONS THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AS WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OH VALLEY CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD. SKIES CLEAR OVERNIGHT UNDER HIGH ALTHOUGH PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE AT LWB. SATURDAY ALSO LOOKS LIKE VFR CONDITIONS AS THE HIGH BEGINS TO SLIDE OFF THE EAST COAST. CLOUDS INCREASE LATE SATURDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE DEVELOPING STORM ALONG THE GULF COAST WITH PRECIPITATION ARRIVING FROM SW TO NE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. EXPECT POOR FLIGHT CONDITIONS ALL OF SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. BETTER WEATHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/PM NEAR TERM...PC SHORT TERM...KK LONG TERM...SK AVIATION...JH/PC
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 3:44 AM EST, 11 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 344 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 VAZ007-009>011-018>020-023-024-034-035-WVZ042>045-180845- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 344 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING WET SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ012>017-022-032-033-180845- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- 344 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-180845- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 344 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 10:28 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and 4 more | 5 hr |
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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.