Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 5, 2014, 4:04 AM EST for Grayson County, Smyth County, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. 8 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
- Jan 5, 2014, 4:04 AM EST (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2014, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 9:50 AM EST | SNOW 1.1 | Bluefield, VA | |
| Jan 6, 10:58 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Athens, WV | TEMP 21F |
| Jan 6, 3:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Ashland, NC | |
| Jan 6, 3:25 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Se Flatwood, NC | |
| Jan 6, 3:29 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Beech Mountain, NC | |
| Jan 6, 3:32 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Seven Devils, NC | |
| Jan 6, 4:45 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Marion, VA | 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 5 HOURS |
| Jan 6, 7:19 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 S Bluefield, WV | ELEVATION 2547FT. TEMP -3F...WC -10F |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167 WWUS41 KRNK 050904 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY... ...BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .A WEAK WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH WILL RESULT IN INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT WITH A PERIOD OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WARMER AIR MOVES IN BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...THIS FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID AIRMASS...THAT WILL BRING BITTER COLD...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-051715- /O.UPG.KRNK.WC.A.0001.140107T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE BLUE RIDGE EAST TO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE ARRIVING BETWEEN 4:00 AM AND 6:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING...CHANGING TO RAIN BY 10 AM SUNDAY. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR A COATING OF ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS SUNDAY MORNING... WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. A COATING OF NEW SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 33 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ VAZ007-009-WVZ042-043-045-051715- /O.UPG.KRNK.WC.A.0001.140107T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLUEFIELD... HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES MOST LOCATIONS...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 32 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...BITTER COLD ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 32 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 11 BELOW...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ VAZ014-017>020-022>024-051715- /O.UPG.KRNK.WC.A.0001.140107T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTHEAST TO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY SUNDAY. DANGEROUS COLD MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE ARRIVING BETWEEN 4:00 AM AND DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING...CHANGING TO RAIN BY NOON SUNDAY. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR A COATING OF ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS SUNDAY MORNING... WHICH COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ011-013-016-051715- /O.UPG.KRNK.WC.A.0001.140107T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-GILES-PULASKI-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...PEARISBURG...RADFORD... PULASKI...GALAX 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE BLUE RIDGE EAST TO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE ARRIVING BETWEEN 4:00 AM AND 6:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING...CHANGING TO RAIN BY 10 AM SUNDAY. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR A COATING OF ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS SUNDAY MORNING... WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 27 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 6 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ010-012-WVZ044-051715- /O.UPG.KRNK.WC.A.0001.140107T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ BLAND-WYTHE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...UNION 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...BITTER COLD ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-051715- /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. * TIMING...ARRIVING BETWEEN 4 AM AND DAWN...CHANGING TO RAIN BY NOON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 12 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ NCZ003>005-019-020-051715- /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WILKES-YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN ARRIVING BEFORE 6 AM AND CHANGING TO RAIN BY 10 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...IMPACTING TRAVEL. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 11 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 11 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ NCZ006-051715- /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ CASWELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANCEYVILLE 404 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 7 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 20... AND WINDS WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
8 follow-up statements
846 WWUS41 KRNK 051519 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE IN COLDER VALLEYS THROUGH NOON TODAY... ...BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .A WEAK WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH WILL KEEP SPREADING SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...MAINLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. SOME TEMPERATURES IN COLDER MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...GENERALLY NORTH OF U.S. 460...AS WELL AS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...WILL REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING THROUGH ABOUT NOON TODAY. SOME GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO STILL BE BELOW FREEZING. THEREFORE LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ON SOME ROADS AND SIDE WALKS IS STILL LIKELY THROUGH ABOUT NOON IN THESE AREAS. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...THIS FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID AIRMASS...THAT WILL BRING BITTER COLD...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-052330- /O.CAN.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. MAINLY WESTERN SLOPES FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A COATING OF NEW SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 33 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ011-013-016-052330- /O.CAN.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-GILES-PULASKI-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...PEARISBURG...RADFORD... PULASKI...GALAX 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 27 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 6 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ VAZ017-052330- /O.CAN.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FLOYD 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ VAZ007-009-WVZ042-043-045-052330- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLUEFIELD... HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES MOST LOCATIONS...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 32 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...BITTER COLD ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 32 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 11 BELOW...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ VAZ014-018>020-022>024-052330- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN COLDER VALLEYS THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. DANGEROUS COLD MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING...CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON SUNDAY. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR A COATING OF ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THIS MORNING... WHICH COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ010-012-WVZ044-052330- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ BLAND-WYTHE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...UNION 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...BITTER COLD ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ006-052330- /O.EXA.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ CASWELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANCEYVILLE 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN SPOTS DUE TO A FEW TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ON THE GROUND. THEN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 7 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 20... AND WINDS WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS THROUGH NOON TODAY DUE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ003>005-019-020-052330- /O.EXT.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WILKES-YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. THEN BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN LASTING UNTIL NOON TODAY IN A FEW SPOTS. * IMPACTS...COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...IMPACTING TRAVEL. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 11 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-052330- /O.CON.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. THEN BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN LASTING THROUGH NOON TODAY. THEN BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 12 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
024 WWUS41 KRNK 051658 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1158 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING. ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...THEREFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY STILL HAVE GROUND TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW FREEZING SO A FEW SLICK SPOTS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...THIS FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID AIRMASS...THAT WILL BRING BITTER COLD...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. VAZ014-018>020-022>024-060100- /O.CAN.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 1158 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-060100- /O.CAN.KRNK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1158 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 12 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-060100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1158 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. MAINLY WESTERN SLOPES FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING NEW SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AGAIN BY VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 33 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>013-016-017-WVZ044-060100- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-CARROLL-FLOYD-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...GALAX...FLOYD...UNION 1158 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...BITTER COLD ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
325 WWUS41 KRNK 052108 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 408 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...THIS FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID AIRMASS...THAT WILL BRING BITTER COLD...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-060515- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 408 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. MAINLY WESTERN SLOPES FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING NEW SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AGAIN BY VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 33 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ044-060515- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...UNION 408 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-060515- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 408 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 12 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ RCS
249 WWUS41 KRNK 060412 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1112 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...THIS FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID AIRMASS...THAT WILL BRING BITTER COLD...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-061215- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1112 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. MAINLY WESTERN SLOPES FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING NEW SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AGAIN BY VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 33 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 8 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ044-061215- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...UNION 1112 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-061215- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1112 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 12 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
517 WWUS41 KRNK 061055 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 555 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...BITTER COLD AIR...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL LEAD IN BITTER COLD AIR...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-062200- /O.EXT.KRNK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 555 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. MAINLY WESTERN SLOPES FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ON WESTERN SLOPES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING NEW SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. THE QUICK DROP IN TEMPERATURE WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE ANY WATER LEFT ON THE ROADS FROM RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT ON SUNDAY NIGHT. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT FROM ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ044-062200- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...UNION 555 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES BY 4PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE QUICK DROP IN TEMPERATURE WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE ANY WATER LEFT ON THE ROADS FROM RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY DOWN TO 5 ABOVE TO 15 ABOVE ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT FROM 5 ABOVE TO 10 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-062200- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 555 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES BY 4PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE QUICK DROP IN TEMPERATURE WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE ANY WATER LEFT ON THE ROADS FROM RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT FROM ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO 5 ABOVE TO 20 ABOVE ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AS LOW AS 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$
563 WWUS41 KRNK 061553 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1053 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...BITTER COLD AIR...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL INVADE THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-070000- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1053 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. MAINLY WESTERN SLOPES FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ON WESTERN SLOPES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES BY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING NEW SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT FROM ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ044-070000- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...UNION 1053 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY DOWN TO 5 ABOVE TO 15 ABOVE ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT FROM 5 ABOVE TO 10 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-070000- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1053 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES BY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT FROM ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO 5 ABOVE TO 20 ABOVE ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN AS LOW AS 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ WERT
726 WWUS41 KRNK 061940 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 240 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...BITTER COLD AIR...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL INVADE THE REGION TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-070500- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 240 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. MAINLY WESTERN SLOPES FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ON WESTERN SLOPES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING NEW SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO 20 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. 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 WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ044-070500- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...UNION 240 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-070500- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.140106T2200Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 240 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS VALUES THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL...DROPPING TO 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ WERT
401 WWUS41 KRNK 070511 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1211 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...BITTER COLD AIR...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS INTO TUESDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS INVADED THE REGION...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-071315- /O.EXP.KRNK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T2000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 1211 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * TIMING...FROM NOW THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPACT TRAVEL. THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL...20 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ044-071315- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T2000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...UNION 1211 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...5 ABOVE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL...15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-071315- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T2000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1211 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LYNCHBURG... MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD AND WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES. FROSTBITE IS A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * WIND CHILL...5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PETS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE COLD AS WELL. && $$
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 Jan 4, 8:18 PM EST, 7 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 8:18 PM EST, 7 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
818 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...
SPREADING CLOUDS AND THREAT FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION. AN ARCTIC
FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ITS PASSAGE WILL BRING SOME
VERY COLD AIR TO OUR REGION WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. THIS
AIRMASS WILL LAST INTO TUESDAY...THEN SLOWLY MODERATE FOR THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 800 PM EST SATURDAY...
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ICING EVENT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.
CLOUDS ARE SPREADING NORTH AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF A DEPARTING
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WHICH IS NOW CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC. MOISTURE DEPTH IS SHALLOW...BUT MODELS DO INDICATE
ENOUGH ISENTROPIC LIFT TO SQUEEZE OUT A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH
OF PRECIP SUNDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
THAT BEING SAID...FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIP TIMING AND WHETHER
IT WILL BE JUXTAPOSED TO THE COLD BOUNDARY LAYER WHICH CURRENTLY
RESIDES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AS OF 8PM THIS EVENING...REGIONAL
RADARS INDICATED SOME LIGHT PRECIP RETURNS OVER THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NC AND INTO THE STATE OF SC. NOT MUCH
COVERAGE YET...BUT MODELS SUGGEST THIS COVERAGE WILL INCREASE
OVERNIGHT AS THE MOISTURE MOVES NORTH INTO OUR FORECAST AREA.
THE NAM SEEMS TO BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH LIGHT PRECIP
BLOSSUMING NORTH AND INTO THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GFS IS
SLOWER AND HOLDS OFF THE ONSET UNTIL CLOSER TO DAYBREAK. TAKING A
BLEND OF THE TWO...AN ONSET TIME OF 4AM SEEMS REASONABLE.
IN TERMS OF COVERAGE...THE NAM PRODUCES PRECIP ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE ALLEGHANY DIVIDE...ALBEIT LIGHT TRACE AMOUNTS...WHERE AS THE
GFS KEEPS ITS PRECIP SIGNATURE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. A BLEND
WOULD SUGGEST THE BLUE RIDGE WILL BE THE WESTERN EDGE FOR THIS
LIGHT PRECIP EPISODE AND THIS GENERALLY FITS PRETTY WELL WITH
PAST SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE RETURN FLOW PRECIP EVENTS.
NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE NEAR TERM FORECAST. EXPECTING
MAINLY LIGHT PRECIP...A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDRETHS...WITH POTENTIAL
FOR SOME LIGHT ICING UNTIL TEMPERATURES CAN RISE ABOVE CRITICAL
LATER SUNDAY MORNING. CURRENT PLACEMENT OF THE FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD...ALTHOUGH NOT CONFIDENT THE FREEZING
PRECIPITATION WILL BE WIDESPREAD. REGARDLESS...COLD GROUND
SUGGESTS ANY PRECIP THAT FALLS WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT...AND JUST A
TRACE OF ICE WILL CAUSE ISSUES ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
DEWPOINTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS/TEENS ARE GOING TO RISE INTO THE
20S ONCE PRECIP ARRIVES...WHILE TEMPS DROP TO AT OR BELOW FREEZING
FROM THE NC MTNS/PIEDMONT NORTH. THE MODELS ARE VARYING ON WHERE
THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE GOES. THE 12Z NAM WAS FURTHER WEST...GFS
EAST...WITH ECMWF/CMC IN THE MIDDLE. LEANED TOWARD CMC/ECMWF WHICH
WILL PUT THE BLUE RIDGE AND EAST TOWARD HIGHER POPS...ALTHOUGH QPF
LOOKS LIGHT THRU 12Z SUNDAY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
GIVEN THAT THE WE HAVE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...THE GROUND HAS
BECOME HARD WITH SOIL TEMPS BELOW FREEZING. IT ONLY TAKES A TRACE
OF ICE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS...SO WENT WITH A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
FOR ALL OF OUR NC COUNTIES EXCEPT CASWELL NORTH INTO THE ALLEGHANY
HIGHLANDS EAST TO THE PIEDMONT. BEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG AND EAST
OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
STRONG WAA SHOWING UP ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS WITH WARM NOSE AT +8C BY
18Z SUNDAY WILL BE CHANGING FZRA TO RAIN. MODELS ARE AGREEING THAT
MOST OF THE WEST WILL BE IN A LOW CHANCE TO NO CHANCE OF PRECIP
AFTER 18Z SUNDAY BEFORE THE ARCTIC FRONT ARRIVES. DO NOT EXPECT TO
SEE ANY SUNSHINE TOMORROW...EXCEPT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW BREAKS
OUTSIDE THE WEDGE IN FAR SW VA. TEMPS WILL HOLD ON THE COOLER SIDE
OF MOS IN THE WEDGE WHICH BEGINS TO DWINDLE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
UPPER 30S NORTHEAST TO OUTSIDE THE WEDGE WHERE IT MAY REACH 50
TOWARD CHILHOWIE AND RICHLANDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 800 PM EST SATURDAY...
AWAITING ARRIVAL OF AN HISTORIC ARCTIC OUTBREAK UNSEEN IN PERHAPS
25 YEARS WHEN CONSIDERING THE RECORDS MENTIONED IN THE CLIMATE
SECTION. EXPECTING A SHARP LINE OF FAST MOVING RAIN SHOWERS WHICH
QUICKLY TURN TO A BURST OF SNOW AS COLD FRONT ARRIVES LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT. TRUE ARCTIC AIR WITH SURFACE TEMPS 10F OR COLDER ARRIVE
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. NOT EXPECTING A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW UNTIL
AFTER 6Z/1A MONDAY EVEN FOR SE WEST VA. THE RAIN COULD CHANGE TO A
THIN LAYER OF ICE WITH SNOW ON TOP FOR THE MORNING RUSH MONDAY AS
H85 TEMPS DROP 15C IN 6 HOURS FROM 6Z-12Z MONDAY. TRAVEL LOOKS
DANGEROUS WHEN ALSO CONSIDERING THE WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS OF SE WEST VA AND EXTREME SW VA. A RAPID 1-4" COULD
FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST TO
40 MPH DURING AND SOMEWHAT AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. AN INCH OR LESS
MAY SNEAK INTO A FEW LOCATIONS FURTHER EAST LIKE THE NEW RIVER
VALLEY.
SHIFTING PRIMARILY TO AN UPSLOPE EVENT ACROSS WESTERN
GREENBRIER/SUMMERS MONDAY CONSIDERING THE VERY SHALLOW MOISTURE
DEPTH ARRIVING WITH THE ARCTIC AIRMASS. WARNING CRITERIA SNOW
LOOKS LEGITIMATE ABOVE 3000 FEET GREENBRIER/SUMMERS LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AN ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR OTHER
BORDERING COUNTIES INTO NW NC FOR THE FLASH FREEZE POTENTIAL AND
POSSIBLY A QUICK COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW IN ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO
AROUND RUSH MONDAY AM. TEMPS FALLING MOST SPOTS WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE DESPITE SOME SUNSHINE...WHICH TRULY MARKS THE STRENGTH OF
THIS AIRMASS. THE -20C H85 ISOTHERM IS TO THE BLUE RIDGE
POTENTIALLY BY 0Z/7P TUESDAY.
WINDS INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE TRUE ARCTIC BOUNDARY
ARRIVES SENDING H85 TEMPS POTENTIALLY TO -30C AT H85 ACROSS SE
WEST VA. WIND CHILL WARNING CRITERIA LOOKS LIKE A SLAM DUNK
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND POTENTIALLY FOR ALL LOCATIONS
WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...AN AREA THAT HAS NOW BEEN HIGHLIGHTED
WITH A WIND CHILL WATCH. MOS USUALLY IS TOO WARM WITH STRONG
SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASSES AND 2M TEMPS SOMETIMES DO A BETTER JOB.
THIS INDICATES THAT MIN TEMPS TUESDAY MORNING COULD BE SEVERAL
DEGREES BELOW MOS. SOME OF THE COLDEST SPOTS COULD TOUCH -10F.
WIND CHILLS POSSIBLY TO -25F. WINDS BACK OFF INTO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON BUT STILL DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IN THE MORNING. AGAIN
WENT BELOW MOS FOR TUESDAY'S HIGHS. WITH GREAT RADIATIONAL COOLING
TUESDAY NIGHT...MOS LOOKS TOO WARM AGAIN AND THE COLDEST SPOTS
SHOULD FALL BELOW ZERO FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT ESPECIALLY
WITH SNOW COVER REMAINING.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EST SATURDAY...
DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST...THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS OUR
REGION WILL TRANSITION TO ONE DOMINATED MORE BY THE SOUTHERN STREAM
OF THE JET STREAM RATHER THAN THE NORTHERN STREAM. WITHIN THIS
PATTERN WILL BE A SERIES OF FAST MOVING DISTURBANCES...EACH WITH THE
POTENTIAL TO BRING SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO PARTS OR ALL OF THE
FORECAST AREA. SPECIFICALLY...WE ARE EXPECTING A SYSTEM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT TO IMPACT MAINLY THE WESTERN PARTS OF
THE REGION. ONE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT MAY SKIRT THE FAR WESTERN
PART OF THE REGION. FINALLY...ONE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BRINING RAIN TO ALL OF THE REGION.
EACH DAY...TEMPERATURES WILL TREND MILDER SO THAT BY SATURDAY HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST IN THE LOWER 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH
MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCES WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. ENOUGH
COLD AIR WILL STILL BE AROUND THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY FOR SOME
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 800 PM EST SATURDAY...
LOW CLOUD DECK IS ADVANCING NORTH FROM THE CAROLINAS...CIGS
1-2KFT AGL. SOME LIGHT PRECIP IS ALSO SHOWING UP ON REGIONAL
RADARS FROM CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA
COAST. AS THIS PRECIP SPREADS NORTHWARD IT WILL ENCOUNTER THE
COLDER AIR OVER SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THIS WILL RESULT IN
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE UNTIL
TEMPERATURES CAN RECOVER ABOVE FREEZING LATER SUNDAY MORNING.
AS SUCH...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LIGHT SURFACE
ICING...MAINLY BETWEEN 4AM-10AM SUNDAY. ONCE THE PRECIP
BEGINS...CIGS WILL LIKELY LOWER INTO THE IFR CATEGORY AND REMAIN
THERE UNTIL THE PRECIP ENDS LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY.
HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CIGS/WINDS...MODERATE TO HIGH IN PTYPE/VSBYS.
CONDITIONS LOOK TO IMPROVE BRIEFLY SUNDAY EVENING BUT THEN
DETERIORATE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION. A BAND OF RAIN SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS
AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES MONDAY MORNING.
THIS IS A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT...WHICH WILL BRING POTENTIAL
MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND SNOW SHOWERS TO BLF/LWB/BCB BY MONDAY
MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. ROA MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN SNOW SHOWERS AS THE ARCTIC FRONT PASSES
THE TERMINAL MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME QUITE STRONG...IN ADDITION TO SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY MID WEEK...TO
BRING LIGHTER WINDS AND BETTER FLYING WEATHER.
&&
.CLIMATE...
AS OF 220 PM EST THURSDAY...
FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT...EARLY JAN 7...ARE
FORECAST TO BE AROUND ZERO OR A BIT BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR 15 ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.
OF OUR CLIMATE SITES...ALL BUT DANVILLE IS FORECAST TO BREAK THE
RECORD. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY JANUARY 7 ARE FORECAST TO BE
IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND LOW TO MID 20S ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT. OUR CURRENT FORECAST PLACES THE RECORD MINIMUM HIGH
TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN JEOPARDY AT BOTH BLACKSBURG AND LEWISBURG
WHILE THE OTHER LOCATION WILL SEE TEMPERATURES WITHIN A FEW
DEGREES OF THE RECORDS.
JANUARY 7 RECORDS
LOWS MINIMUM HIGHS
BLACKSBURG VA... 1/1988 19/1988
BLUEFIELD WV.... 0/1970 11/1988
DANVILLE VA..... 10/1969 26/1988
ROANOKE VA...... 8/1970 17/1988
LEWISBURG WV.... 7/2004 11/1988
LYNCHBURG VA.... 10/1912 17/1988
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST
SUNDAY FOR VAZ014-017>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059.
WIND CHILL WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR VAZ007-009>020-022>024.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR VAZ011-013-015-016.
NC...WIND CHILL WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NCZ001-002-018.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR NCZ001>005-018>020.
WV...WIND CHILL WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WVZ042>045.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PM
NEAR TERM...PM/WP
SHORT TERM...KM
LONG TERM...DS
AVIATION...PM
CLIMATE...DSHazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 9:41 PM EST, 6 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
VAZ007-009-010-012-WVZ042>045-060245-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND CHILL WATCH...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS GUSTING
AROUND 40 MPH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS ABOVE 3000
FEET TOTALING AROUND 6 INCHES AFTER SNOW ENDS TUESDAY. BLOWING
SNOW MAY ALSO GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RECOVER PREVIOUSLY
CLEARED ROADS. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -15
TO -30 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND PART OF TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
NCZ001-018-VAZ015-060245-
ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND CHILL WATCH...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ABOUT A HALF INCH TO 3
INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST
TO 40 MPH. BLOWING SNOW MAY ALSO GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND
RECOVER PREVIOUSLY CLEARED ROADS. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES OF 0
TO -10 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
VAZ014-017>020-022>024-060245-
MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND CHILL WATCH...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW. IN
ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST TO 40 MPH. BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES OF 5 TO -5 DEGREES WILL OCCUR BY TUESDAY MORNING
ALONG WITH DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OF -10 TO -25 DEGREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
NCZ002-VAZ011-013-016-060245-
ALLEGHANY NC-GILES-PULASKI-CARROLL-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND CHILL WATCH...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST OVER 45 MPH.
BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES OF 5 TO -5 DEGREES WILL OCCUR BY TUESDAY
MORNING ALONG WITH DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OF -10 TO -25
DEGREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
VAZ032>035-043-060245-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY SUNDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING A FEW SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST
TO 35 MPH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO -15 DEGREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
NCZ003-004-019-020-060245-
SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...SUNDAY MORNING. BITTER COLD MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING A FEW SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST
TO 30 MPH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO -15 DEGREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
VAZ044>047-058-059-060245-
PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...SUNDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH
MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO -10 DEGREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
NCZ005-060245-
ROCKINGHAM-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...SUNDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH
MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO -10 DEGREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
NCZ006-060245-
CASWELL-
941 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH
MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 0 TO -10 DEGREES.
.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:17 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 30 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:23 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 26 hr |
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Sources
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