Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 25, 2014, 4:40 AM EST for 6 counties in Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It took effect at Nov 25, 2014, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr. 35 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2014, 4:40 AM EST (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 25, 2014, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2014, 3:40 PM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Grayson County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 6:15 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Beech Mountain, NC | |
| Nov 26, 7:14 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Renick, WV | |
| Nov 26, 7:21 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Organ Cave, WV | |
| Nov 26, 7:27 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Lewisburg, WV | |
| Nov 26, 7:38 AM EST | SLEET 2 | 3 E Mcross, WV | |
| Nov 26, 7:38 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 E Mcross, WV | |
| Nov 26, 7:39 AM EST | SNOW 1 | White Sulphur Springs, WV | |
| Nov 26, 7:40 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Millboro, VA | |
| Nov 26, 7:52 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Independence, VA | |
| Nov 26, 7:56 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Williamsburg, WV | |
| Nov 26, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.1 | Creston, NC | |
| Nov 26, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Glendale Springs, NC | |
| Nov 26, 8:21 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Vilas, NC | 4000 FT IN ELEVATION |
| Nov 26, 9:02 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | 6 Nw Lansing, NC | |
| Nov 26, 9:04 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Mount Rogers Summit, VA | MASSIE GAP 4400 FEET ELEVATION |
| Nov 26, 9:18 AM EST | SNOW 2.8 | Organ Cave, WV | |
| Nov 26, 9:19 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Independence, VA | |
| Nov 26, 9:31 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Maxwelton, WV | |
| Nov 26, 9:37 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Friars Hill, WV | |
| Nov 26, 9:58 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Valle Crucis, NC | |
| Nov 26, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 E Boone, NC | |
| Nov 26, 10:27 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Maxwelton, WV | |
| Nov 26, 10:30 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Organ Cave, WV | |
| Nov 26, 11:15 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Boone, NC | |
| Nov 26, 11:29 AM EST | SNOW 3.7 | Independence, VA | |
| Nov 26, 11:45 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Warm Springs, VA | |
| Nov 26, 11:59 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Lexington, VA | |
| Nov 26, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Sw Rockbridge Baths, VA | |
| Nov 26, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Creston, NC | |
| Nov 26, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Beech Mountain, NC | |
| Nov 26, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Mount Rogers Summit, VA | MASSIE GAP 4400 FEET ELEVATION |
| Nov 26, 12:05 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Raphine, VA | |
| Nov 26, 12:28 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Organ Cave, WV | |
| Nov 26, 2:15 PM EST | SNOW 0 | 4 N Pleasant View, VA | MOSTLY RAIN TODAY |
| Nov 26, 2:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Vesuvius, VA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
604 WWUS41 KRNK 250940 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 440 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...HEAVY WET SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST AND OFFSHORE TODAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND MOVE TO OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE PASSING WELL OFFSHORE VIRGINIA CAPES LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING WET SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW COULD OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LESSER TOTALS ACROSS THE VALLEYS. VAZ020-WVZ508-251745- /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOT SPRINGS 440 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 2500 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. * LOCATIONS...BATH AND WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. 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. 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. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-251745- /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 440 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3000 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>013-018-WVZ042>044-251745- /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-CRAIG- MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...NEW CASTLE...BLUEFIELD... HINTON...HIX...UNION 440 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SOME MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$ VAZ019-024-035-WVZ507-251745- /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...AMHERST 440 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY INCLUDING PARTS OF THE VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING ABOUT STEADY ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
9 follow-up statements
226 WWUS41 KRNK 251727 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1227 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...HEAVY WET SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST AND OFFSHORE TODAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND MOVE TO OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... BEFORE PASSING WELL OFFSHORE VIRGINIA CAPES LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING WET SNOW MAINLY TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW COULD OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LESSER TOTALS ACROSS THE VALLEYS. VAZ020-WVZ508-260130- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOT SPRINGS 1227 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...BATH AND WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. 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. 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. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-260130- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1227 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>013-018-WVZ042>044-260130- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-CRAIG- MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...NEW CASTLE...BLUEFIELD... HINTON...HIX...UNION 1227 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SOME MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$ VAZ019-024-035-WVZ507-260130- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...AMHERST 1227 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY INCLUDING PARTS OF THE VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING ABOUT STEADY ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
298 WWUS41 KRNK 252006 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...HEAVY WET SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND MOVE TO ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY LATE WEDNESDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES UP THE CAROLINA COAST OVERNIGHT...IT WILL SPREAD RAIN NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION...AND WILL ALSO PULL COLDER AIR DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO A WET SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND INITIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO MANY OF THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATIONS. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LESSER TOTALS BUT STILL PLOWABLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS. THERE IS STILL SOME DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF THE TIMING AND DEGREE OF COLD AIR...AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS IN THE REGION...BUT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. WVZ508-260415- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT NOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE LOWER 30S ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ VAZ024-035-260415- /O.EXA.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...AMHERST 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING ABOUT STEADY ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ020-260415- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOT SPRINGS 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...BATH COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. 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. 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. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-260415- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ014-016-017-260415- /O.EXA.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY TOWARD THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SOME MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING IN THE MID 30S ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>013-018-WVZ042>044-260415- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-CRAIG- MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...NEW CASTLE... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SOME MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-260415- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0200Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON 306 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING ABOUT STEADY ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$
628 WWUS41 KRNK 260406 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1106 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...HEAVY WET SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING WILL PASS ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING... BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY LATE WEDNESDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES UP THE COAST OVERNIGHT...IT WILL SPREAD RAIN NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION...AND WILL ALSO PULL COLDER AIR DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO A WET SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND INITIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO MANY OF THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATIONS. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LESSER TOTALS BUT STILL PLOWABLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS. THERE IS STILL SOME DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF THE TIMING AND DEGREE OF COLD AIR...AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS IN THE REGION...BUT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. VAZ020-024-035-261215- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST 1106 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. 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. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-261215- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1106 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 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. 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. && $$ WVZ508-261215- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.141126T0500Z-141127T0500Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 1106 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>018-WVZ042>044-261215- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION 1106 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. 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. && $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-261215- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON 1106 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
583 WWUS41 KRNK 260904 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 404 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...ELEVATION WET SNOW THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST PASSING OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES THIS AFTERNOON...AND EAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO WET SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO MANY OF THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATIONS. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LESSER TOTALS ACROSS THE VALLEYS. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF THE TIMING AND DEGREE OF COLD AIR...AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS IN THE REGION...BUT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-261715- /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 404 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING...THEN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. 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. && $$ WVZ508-261715- /O.EXB.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 404 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ020-024-035-261715- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST 404 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. 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. && $$ VAZ007-009-261715- /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION 404 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES LATER TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>018-WVZ042>044-261715- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION 404 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. && $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-261715- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON 404 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
906 WWUS41 KRNK 261033 AAA WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 533 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...ELEVATION WET SNOW THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST PASSING OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES THIS AFTERNOON...AND EAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO WET SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO MANY OF THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATIONS. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LESSER TOTALS ACROSS THE VALLEYS. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF THE TIMING AND DEGREE OF COLD AIR...AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS IN THE REGION...BUT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-261845- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 533 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING...THEN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. 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. && $$ WVZ508-261845- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 533 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ020-024-035-261845- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST 533 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 2 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. 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. && $$ VAZ007-009-261845- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION 533 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES LATER TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>018-WVZ042>044-261845- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION 533 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN FLOYD AND CARROLL COUNTIES. * TIMING...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. && $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-261845- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON 533 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
459 WWUS41 KRNK 261606 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1106 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WET SNOW THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST PASSING OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES THIS AFTERNOON...AND NORTHEAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LESSER TOTALS ACROSS THE VALLEYS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS IN THE REGION...BUT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-262115- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1106 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE THIS MORNING...THEN AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. 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. && $$ WVZ508-262115- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 1106 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ020-024-035-262115- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST 1106 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 2 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. 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. && $$ VAZ007-009-262115- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION 1106 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES LATER TONIGHT. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>018-WVZ042>044-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION 1106 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN FLOYD AND CARROLL COUNTIES. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. 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. && $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-262115- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON 1106 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON A FEW ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
599 WWUS41 KRNK 261800 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WET SNOW THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE VIRGINIA COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... WITH LESSER TOTALS ACROSS THE VALLEYS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS IN THE REGION...BUT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-262100- /O.CAN.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TONIGHT. 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. && $$ VAZ007-009-262100- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010-012-WVZ042-043-261900- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-WYTHE-MERCER-SUMMERS- 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NEW RIVER VALLEY. MORE SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT...HOWEVER ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ WVZ508-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 25 TO 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ020-024-035-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 2 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. 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. 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. && $$ VAZ011-013-014-016>018-WVZ044-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...PULASKI... BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...UNION 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN FLOYD AND CARROLL COUNTIES. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. 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. && $$
510 WWUS41 KRNK 261800 CCA WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MORE SNOW TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE VIRGINIA COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... WITH LESSER TOTALS ACROSS THE VALLEYS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS IN THE REGION...BUT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-262100- /O.CAN.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ007-009-262100- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010-012-WVZ042-043-261900- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-WYTHE-MERCER-SUMMERS- 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NEW RIVER VALLEY. MORE SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT...HOWEVER ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ WVZ508-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 25 TO 30. 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. && $$ VAZ020-024-035-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT BELOW 2500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 2 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ011-013-014-016>018-WVZ044-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...PULASKI... BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...UNION 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN FLOYD AND CARROLL COUNTIES. * TIMING...INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 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. && $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-262100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON 100 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING...INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..SNOW COVERED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
237 WWUS41 KRNK 262040 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 340 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...MORE SNOW TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL TRACK INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS CLIPPER WILL PRODUCE A STRIPE OF SNOW FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. VAZ020-024-035-262145- /O.CAN.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- 340 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE COASTAL LOW WAS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. $$ WVZ508-270500- /O.CAN.KRNK.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENBRIER- 340 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2-4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ011-013-014-016>018-WVZ044-262145- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/ GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-MONROE- 340 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE COASTAL LOW WAS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. $$ VAZ019-WVZ507-262145- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141127T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-EASTERN GREENBRIER- 340 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE COASTAL LOW WAS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-270500- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0021.141127T0500Z-141127T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 340 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ON WESTERN SLOPES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 25 TO 30. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 25, 4:39 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 4:39 AM EST, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
439 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST
FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING UP ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST
WILL BRING THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION FOR LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 235 AM EST TUESDAY...
SURFACE COLD FRONT SLOWLY WORKING OFF THE BLUE RIDGE ATTM BUT WILL
STILL TAKE A WHILE TO CLEAR THE PIEDMONT EARLY THIS MORNING GIVEN LACK
OF MUCH PUSH IN THE PARALLEL FLOW ALOFT. PIPELINE OF SHOWERS STREAMING
NORTH THROUGH THE EASTERN CAROLINAS WITH THE UPPER JET COULD BRUSH THE
FAR SE EARLY ON OTRW EXPECTING GRADUAL LOW LEVEL DRYING TODAY AS LOWER
DEWPOINT AIR OOZES SE. HOWEVER WILL REMAIN ON THE MILD SIDE GIVEN THE
LAGGING 85H BOUNDARY THAT LIKELY WILL KEEP THE MAIN TEMP GRADIENT ALOFT
BACK OVER THE WEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. MODELS ALSO SUGGEST
PERIODIC ROUNDS OF HIGH CLOUDS WITH WEAK RIPPLES ALOFT RIDING THROUGH
WITH ONLY A GRADUAL SHIFT TO THE EAST WITH THE CANOPY BEFORE IT STALLS
AND STARTS TO SHIFT BACK WEST LATER ON IN RESPONSE TO BACKING ALOFT.
BUMPED HIGHS UP A CAT OR SO MOST SECTIONS GIVEN THE WARM START AND
ESPCLY EAST WHERE ONLY SLOW COOLING ALOFT WILL OCCUR ALLOWING READINGS
TO LIKELY GO BACK ABOVE 60 AND EVEN AROUND 50 OR BETTER WEST.
THINGS START TO UNFOLD TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO THE NEXT ROUND OF WINTRY
WEATHER AS ENERGY OVER THE SW STATES HEADS EAST CAUSING A MORE
SUBSTANTIAL AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NE GULF
THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL ZIP NE TO SOMEWHERE ALONG OR JUST EAST
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE. STRONG JET ALOFT COMBO WITH A QUICK
RETURN OF INSENTROPIC LIFT LIKELY TO GET PRECIP DEVELOPING NORTH INTO
THE AREA AS SOON AS LATE EVENING...WITH CATEGORICAL COVERAGE OVER THE
CWA BY DAYBREAK. THIS SUPPORTED BY SLIGHTLY FASTER MODEL SOLUTIONS
WHICH MAKES FOR A VERY TRICKY PTYPE SCENARIO GIVEN MOISTURE INTO WARMER
AIR A BIT SOONER AS SEEN BY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THICKNESS VALUES WEST
OVERNIGHT. LATEST GFS AND 00Z EC HAVE ALSO TRENDED WARMER WHILE THE NAM
REMAINS COLDER AND THE CMC IN BETWEEN BUT WITH LESS QPF. THUS HAVE
DELAYED THE SWITCH TO SNOW BELOW THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS UNTIL THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS WHEN THE DEVELOPING DEFORMATION BAND LIKELY TO USE
DYNAMICS TO COOL THE COLUMN FROM RIDGETOP TO VALLEY BOTTOMS BY DAWN.
THIS COULD PRODUCE A QUICK 1-3 INCHES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NW N
CAROLINA ACROSS MT ROGERS TO BLF...LWB AND HSP BEFORE SUNRISE. PRECIP
PENDING RATE OF FALL...SHOULD TRANSITION TO MORE ELEVATION DRIVEN WET
SNOW HEADING OUT TOWARD THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AS WELL VERY LATE WHERE
SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN BUT A CLOSE CALL TO ACCUMULATION ESPCLY SOUTH OF
I-81 GIVEN LATEST PROFILE/THICKNESS TRENDS. ELSW KEEPING IT MOSTLY RAIN
WITH SOME HIGHER PEAKS FROM BENT MTN TO THE PEAKS OF OTTER AND THE
SKYLINE DRIVE SEEING SPOTS CHANGE TO SNOW AS WELL. KEPT LOWS CLOSER TO
THE LATEST COLDER MET MOS GIVEN MORE EVAPORATIVE POTENTIAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 335 PM EST MONDAY...
TWO STRONG SHORT WAVES COME THROUGH THE LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES THIS TIME FRAME. THE FIRST CROSSES THE
FORECAST AREA FROM THE SOUTHERN STREAM ON WEDNESDAY AND THE NEXT
FROM THE NORTHERN STREAM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THE POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION ON WEDNESDAY THERE
WILL ALSO BE GOOD Q-VECTOR FORCING AND UPPER DIFFLUENCE. WILL BE
INCREASING PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTY WARNING AREA.
MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT AND HAVE TRENDED WEST WITH
TRACK OF THE 850MB AND SURFACE LOWS. 12Z NAM IS COLDER WITH THE
TEMPERATURE PROFILE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THAN 12Z GFS. AT
THIS TIME WILL BE TAKING A BLEND. LOWEST LAYERS DROP BELOW FREEZING
IN THE WEST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH BUFKIT WAS SHOWING PERIODS OF
ISOTHERMAL TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL ALSO BE DEPENDENT
ON INTENSITY AND RATES. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE NEARLY STEADY
AND 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. SOME OF COOLING IS EXPECTED AS
THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TOWARD WET BULB VALUES...BUT EVEN SO...ONLY
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND AREAS WEST WILL HAVE SURFACE
TEMPERATURES COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION.
COMBINING THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND SNOWFALL FROM THE TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SYSTEM WITH THE SNOWFALL FROM THE CLIPPER ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY PUSH SNOWFALL TOTALS IN SOME LOCATIONS ABOVE
WARNING CRITERIA. CHALLENGING TO SAY AT THIS POINT HOW WIDESPREAD
THIS WILL BE AND HOW MUCH OF A GAP THERE WILL BE FROM THE TIME THE
COASTAL LOW PRECIPITATION EXITS TO THE TIME THE SNOW WITH THE
CLIPPER COMES THROUGH.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EST MONDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE REGION DRY ON FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE
START OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. BY SUNDAY...AND TO A SLIGHTLY BETTER
DEGREE ON MONDAY...THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO THE
COAST...AND A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STALLED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY.
THIS WILL SET THE REGION UP FOR A SOUTHWEST FLOW...WARM AIR
ADVECTION PATTERN. LIFT WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE STALLED FRONT
WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO SLOWLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS WE HEAD FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
THERE MAY BE A PRECIPITATION TYPE ISSUE THESE TWO DAYS WHERE SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW OR HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK DURING THE
LATE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS AND A STRONG WARM NOSE EXISTS
ALOFT. AT THIS TIME...WILL HAVE A RAIN VERSUS FREEZING RAIN
FORECAST...WITH VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FREEZING RAIN COVERAGE AND
ALSO IN TIME DURATION.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS PERIOD WILL TREND MILDER EACH DAY SO THAT
BY MONDAY UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION
FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES. THIS CONTRASTS TO HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO
NEAR 40 ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT
ON FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /10Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 1235 AM EST TUESDAY...
SURFACE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...BUT
FORWARD SPEED HAS BEEN SLOWING WITH TIME PER WIND FLOW ALOFT
BECOMING PARALLEL WITH FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST
OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT...THEN TO ALONG THE COAST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST
INITIALLY...THEN TREND MORE NORTHERLY WITH TIME DURING THE DAY
TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST. CLOUD BASES THROUGH THE 24 HR TAF PERIOD ARE EXPECTED
BE VFR EXCEPT ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AROUND KDAN WHERE A PERIOD
OF MVFR IN LOWER STRATO-CU COULD OCCUR THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
MEDIUM TO HIGH FCST CONFIDENCE DURING THE TAF PERIOD.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE UP THE SOUTHEAST
COAST BY EARLY WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY BRING WINTRY PRECIP TO THE AREA
ALONG WITH SUB VFR AT ALL SITES. LOOKS LIKE FLIGHTS WILL BE
IMPACTED GREATLY ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE NORTHEAST WITH
THIS SYSTEM WITH WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. FOR THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS BEST CHC FOR SUB VFR WILL OCCUR WED INTO EARLY
THANKSGIVING BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE WORKS IN FROM THE WEST. WESTERN
SLOPES...VCNTY OF BLF/LWB...MAY KEEP LOWER CIGS UNTIL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
AS OF 330 AM EST MONDAY...
THE VISIBILITY SENSOR AT KLYH...LYNCHBURG AIRPORT...WILL BE OUT
OF SERVICE UNTIL PARTS ARRIVE TO REPLACE THE SENSOR. UNTIL THEN
THE VISIBILITY WILL ONLY BE REPORTED WHEN THE CONTROL TOWER IS
STAFFED.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR VAZ007-009>013-015-018.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR VAZ019-024-035.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR VAZ015.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR VAZ020.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR VAZ020.
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ001-002-018.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ001-018.
WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ042>044.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WVZ507.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WVZ508.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WVZ508.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JH/KK
NEAR TERM...JH
SHORT TERM...AMS
LONG TERM...DS
AVIATION...JH/KK/WP
EQUIPMENT...JHHazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 9:07 PM EST, 7 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 907 PM EST MON NOV 24 2014 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ010>018-022>024-032-034-035-WVZ044-260215- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE- 907 PM EST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW OR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...BUT MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY RESULT IN ANOTHER PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THANKSGIVING DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ033-043-044-058-260215- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX- 907 PM EST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...BECOMING MIXED WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...IN ADDITION TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURE...THE PROBABILITY OF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION REMAINS LOW. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THUS SUPPORTING SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-009-019-020-WVZ042-043-507-508-260215- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- 907 PM EST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW...FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. THURSDAY...SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER...ESPECIALLY ON WESTERN SLOPES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ045>047-059-260215- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-CHARLOTTE- 907 PM EST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...IN ADDITION TO THE WARM GROUND TEMPERATURE...THE PROBABILITY OF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION REMAINS LOW. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THUS SUPPORTING A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 4:40 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig and 14 more | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.