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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 25, 2014, 5:22 AM EDT for 13 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 10 hr. 60 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
- Mar 25, 2014, 5:22 AM EDT (09:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2014, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Amherst County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 0.2 | 1 Se Glasgow, VA | |
| Mar 25, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 0.5 | Copper Hill, VA | |
| Mar 25, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 0.8 | Willis, VA | |
| Mar 25, 7:10 AM EDT | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Wsw Lynchburg Airport, VA | |
| Mar 25, 7:46 AM EDT | SNOW 0.5 | Roanoke Airport, VA | |
| Mar 25, 8:07 AM EDT | SNOW 0.9 | Lynchburg City, VA | |
| Mar 25, 8:16 AM EDT | SNOW 1 | 9 Ssw Roanoke, VA | |
| Mar 25, 8:31 AM EDT | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Ne Fancy Hill, VA | |
| Mar 25, 8:46 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | Goode, VA | |
| Mar 25, 8:55 AM EDT | SNOW 1.5 | 6 Ne Floyd, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:00 AM EDT | SNOW 1 | 1 S Altavista, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:00 AM EDT | SNOW 1.8 | 9 Ssw Roanoke, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:00 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | 8 N Roanoke, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:00 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | 9 Ssw Roanoke, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:04 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | Fincastle, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:10 AM EDT | SNOW 1.8 | Lynchburg City, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:20 AM EDT | SNOW 1 | Raphine, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:24 AM EDT | SNOW 1.5 | Monroe, VA | ALONG PERA ROAD |
| Mar 25, 9:25 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | Fork Mountain, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:30 AM EDT | SNOW 1.2 | 7 Ene Buena Vista, VA | AT 2...500 FT |
| Mar 25, 9:35 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | 1 S Altavista, VA | |
| Mar 25, 9:35 AM EDT | SNOW 2.5 | 6 Ne Southern Smith Mou, VA | FORMER NOAA EMPLOYEE IN HUDDLESTON |
| Mar 25, 9:36 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | Goodview, VA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Mar 25, 9:45 AM EDT | SNOW 1.2 | Forest, VA | |
| Mar 25, 10:00 AM EDT | SNOW 1.7 | Lynchburg City, VA | |
| Mar 25, 10:00 AM EDT | SNOW 2.2 | 1 Wsw Lynchburg Airport, VA | |
| Mar 25, 10:07 AM EDT | SNOW 2.3 | 6 Ne Floyd, VA | |
| Mar 25, 10:20 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | Gladys, VA | ALONG MARSHALL MILL ROAD |
| Mar 25, 10:25 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | 1 S Altavista, VA | ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED |
| Mar 25, 10:30 AM EDT | SNOW 2.5 | Rocky Mount, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:16 AM EDT | SNOW 2.5 | Fincastle, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:20 AM EDT | SNOW 2.8 | Check, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:20 AM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Wsw Lynchburg Airport, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:21 AM EDT | SNOW 4 | 6 Ne Floyd, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:34 AM EDT | SNOW 4 | Evington, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:43 AM EDT | SNOW 2.8 | Roanoke Airport, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:43 AM EDT | SNOW 5 | 3 Nnw Rustburg, VA | |
| Mar 25, 11:49 AM EDT | SNOW 2.5 | Forest, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:08 PM EDT | SNOW 3 | Bedford, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:08 PM EDT | SNOW 5 | 2 S Concord, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:14 PM EDT | SNOW 3 | 9 Ssw Roanoke, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:17 PM EDT | SNOW 3.8 | 1 W Kings Forest, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:25 PM EDT | SNOW 4 | Fork Mountain, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:30 PM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | Monroe, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:35 PM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ssw Dickinson, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:45 PM EDT | SNOW 5 | 1 Wsw Lynchburg Airport, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:48 PM EDT | SNOW 2.5 | Raphine, VA | |
| Mar 25, 12:55 PM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | Stewartsville, VA | |
| Mar 25, 1:00 PM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ese Cave Spring, VA | BEGINNING TO MELT |
| Mar 25, 1:00 PM EDT | SNOW 5.2 | Lynchburg, VA | WSET MEASUREMENT DOWNTOWN LYNCHBURG |
| Mar 25, 1:05 PM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | 7 Ene Buena Vista City, VA | |
| Mar 25, 1:52 PM EDT | SNOW 4 | Moneta, VA | |
| Mar 25, 2:03 PM EDT | SNOW 5 | 7 Ene Buena Vista, VA | |
| Mar 25, 2:07 PM EDT | SNOW 5 | Forest, VA | |
| Mar 25, 2:15 PM EDT | SNOW 5 | Snow Creek, VA | |
| Mar 25, 2:30 PM EDT | SNOW 6 | Boonsboro, VA | |
| Mar 25, 2:41 PM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Nnw Boones Mill, VA | |
| Mar 25, 2:45 PM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Monroe, VA | SNOW MIXING WITH RAIN AT 37 DEGREES |
| Mar 25, 2:45 PM EDT | SNOW 6 | Forest, VA | |
| Mar 25, 2:55 PM EDT | SNOW 4.5 | 6 Ne Southern Smith Mou, VA | FORMER NOAA EMPLOYEE IN HUDDLESTON |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 2716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580 WWUS41 KRNK 250922 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ..INCREASINGLY LIKELIHOOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST AND A DEVELOPING COASTAL LOW OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA COAST...WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN ACROSS EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AS LOW AS FIVE BELOW ZERO IN GREENBRIER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. VAZ023-024-035-252100- /O.UPG.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0008.140325T0922Z-140326T0000Z/ BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... AMHERST 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ROANOKE VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY 5 INCHES. GREATEST TOTALS SHOULD BE ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING UNITE 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S...FALLING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ017-022-033-034-252100- /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0008.140325T0922Z-140326T0000Z/ FLOYD-ROANOKE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLOYD...ROANOKE...SALEM...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE VALLEY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO FLOYD COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY 5 INCHES ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ESPECIALLY IN FLOYD AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. * TIMING...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 8 AM THIS MORNING AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 30S...FALLING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ009-012>014-016-252100- /O.EXB.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ032-043>045-058-059-252100- /O.EXB.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ PATRICK-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...AND VIRGINIA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 10 AM THIS MORNING AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S THIS MORNING...FALLING INTO THE LOW 30S DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ007-010-011-018>020-WVZ042-044-252100- /O.EXT.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...UNION 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS... SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE ALLEGHANYS. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ046-047-252100- /O.EXT.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...APPOMATTOX 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WVZ043-045-252100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T1200Z/ SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN WESTERN GREENBRIER. SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET...INCLUDING MOST OF EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * TIMING...8 AM TUESDAY THROUGH 8 AM WEDNESDAY...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW OCCURRING IN TWO PARTS...8 AM TO 2 PM TUESDAY...AND THEN AGAIN 8 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S BY AFTERNOON...THEN INTO THE MID AND UPPER TEENS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS...5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-252100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 522 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW OCCURRING IN TWO PARTS...8 AM TO 2 PM TODAY...AND 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAB
3 follow-up statements
735 WWUS41 KRNK 251031 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 631 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ..INCREASINGLY LIKELIHOOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST AND A DEVELOPING COASTAL LOW OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA COAST...WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN ACROSS EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AS LOW AS FIVE BELOW ZERO IN GREENBRIER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. VAZ017-022>024-033>035-252100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLOYD...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 631 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ROANOKE VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY 5 INCHES. GREATEST TOTALS SHOULD BE ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING UNITE 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S...FALLING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ002-252100- /O.EXA.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARTA 631 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S... FALLING INTO THE MID 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WVZ043-045-252100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T1200Z/ SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 631 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN WESTERN GREENBRIER. SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET...INCLUDING MOST OF EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * TIMING...8 AM TUESDAY THROUGH 8 AM WEDNESDAY...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW OCCURRING IN TWO PARTS...8 AM TO 2 PM TUESDAY...AND THEN AGAIN 8 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S... FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S BY AFTERNOON...THEN INTO THE MID AND UPPER TEENS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS...5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-252100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 631 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW OCCURRING IN TWO PARTS...8 AM TO 2 PM TODAY...AND 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ007-009>014-016-018>020-WVZ042-044-252100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...UNION 631 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS... SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE ALLEGHANYS. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S THIS MORNING... FALLING INTO THE MID 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ032-043>047-058-059-252100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ PATRICK-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 631 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...AND VIRGINIA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 10 AM THIS MORNING AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S THIS MORNING...FALLING INTO THE LOW 30S DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAB
862 WWUS41 KRNK 251549 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1149 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...LATE SEASON SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS... .THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE REGION IN ADDITION TO A DEVELOPING COASTAL LOW OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA COAST...IS BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE FROM FRANKLIN AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA...NORTHEASTWARD...INCLUDING ROANOKE...BEDFORD...LYNCHBURG... AMHERST...FINCASTLE...AND LEXINGTON. ONCE THE SNOW ENDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH COUNTRY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AS LOW AS FIVE BELOW ZERO IN GREENBRIER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. VAZ045-260000- /O.UPG.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LYNCHBURG 1149 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...LYNCHBURG. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ017-022>024-033>035-260000- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLOYD...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 1149 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND ROANOKE VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WVZ043-045-260000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T1200Z/ SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 1149 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN WESTERN GREENBRIER. SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET...INCLUDING MOST OF EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON...THEN REDEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. * WIND CHILLS...5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-260000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1149 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * TIMING...6 PM TO MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016-018>020-WVZ042-044-260000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...UNION 1149 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS... SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ032-043-044-046-047-058-059-260000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ PATRICK-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1149 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...AND VIRGINIA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OCCURRING MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 29. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
279 WWUS41 KRNK 251915 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 315 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...LATE SEASON SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE AREA... .COLDER AND DRIER AIR SPREADING IN FROM THE WEST ON THE BACKSIDE OF A DEPARTING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY END OVER MOST AREAS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...INCREASING UPSLOPING WINDS ON THE WESTERN FLANKS OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...WHERE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO UPSLOPING SNOW SHOWERS...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AS LOW AS FIVE BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. VAZ017-022>024-033>035-045-252015- /O.CAN.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- CAMPBELL- 315 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016-018>020-032-043-044-046-047-058-059- WVZ042-044-252015- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-PATRICK-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-MONROE- 315 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-260600- /O.EXT.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T1200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 315 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...PATCHY SNOW...LOW WIND CHILLS...DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED ...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. BLACK ICE MAY ALSO DEVELOP IN AREAS WHERE SNOW MELTED EARLIER IN THE DAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE TEENS. * WIND CHILLS...FALLING TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WVZ043-045-260600- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140326T1200Z/ SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 315 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...PATCHY SNOW...LOW WIND CHILLS...DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED ...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. BLACK ICE MAY ALSO DEVELOP IN AREAS WHERE SNOW MELTED EARLIER IN THE DAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE TEENS. * WIND CHILLS...FALLING TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WERT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 Mar 25, 2:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 2:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
239 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL DEEPEN
MOVE NORTHEAST...AND WILL BE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND CROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
AS OF 850 PM EDT MONDAY...
IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES...HAVE
EXPANDED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO COVER LOCATIONS WITH 2 TO 3
INCH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS AND THAT HAVE THE ONSET OF SNOW DURING
THE 5 AM TO 8AM MORNING COMMUTE TIME.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF HAVING PRECIPITATION IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THIS UPPER TROUGH TO MOVE INTO AND ACROSS AT
LEAST THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA BY 800 AM TUESDAY...WITH A
BEGIN TIME IN THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT...PROBABLY CLOSER TO 4AM. TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND
WITHIN THE LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILE WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT LIGHT SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 800 AM TUESDAY WILL
LIKELY AVERAGE ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH
THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA.
FOR TUESDAY...THE FORECAST IS NOT AS SIMPLE. THE UPPER DISTURBANCE
IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY TRANSLATE TO THE COAST...AIDING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A COASTAL CYCLONE...THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
RAPIDLY DEEPENING INTO AN INTENSE COASTAL LOW WELL OFF THE
DELMARVA PENINSULA BY TUESDAY EVENING AS THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER
SYSTEM TAKES ON A NEGATIVE TILT AND PHASES WITH A SOUTHERN STREAM
SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED WEAKER SOUTHEAST U.S. COASTAL LOW. THIS
WILL BRING SNOW TO THE FORECAST AREA IN TWO BURSTS...ONE TUESDAY
MORNING WHICH WILL IMPACT MOST OF THE CWA...AND THE SECOND TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY IN THE FORM OF UPSLOPE SNOW FOR
THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS.
WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST PERIOD OF SNOW...TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ALL SNOW EARLY TUESDAY...THEN BECOME
MARGINAL ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES AND DAYTIME
HEATING BEGINS. FURTHERMORE...THE DISTURBANCE IS FAST MOVING AND
QPF REMAINS LIMITED WITH LITTLE TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
RECOVERY IN THE WAKE OF MONDAYS DRY AIR MASS. MODEL QPF GENERALLY
0.10 TO 0.20 INCH RANGE AT BEST THROUGH MIDDAY TUE. FOR AREAS WEST
OF I-81/I-77...THIS SHOULD EQUATE TO AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW.
EAST OF I-81 ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH OF
THE QPF FALLS AS SNOW PRIOR TO CHANGING OVER OR MIXING WITH RAIN
AS WARMING OCCURS LATER IN THE DAY. THUS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY
RANGE FROM A DUSTING IN THE PIEDMONT WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE A
CHANCE TO WARM THE MOST...TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES NEAR THE BLUE
RIDGE WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAIN THE COLDEST.
STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF THE DEVELOPING LOW
SHOULD RESULT IN DRY SLOTTING INTO THIS REGION FROM THE
NORTHWEST...STRONG SUBSIDENCE BRINGING AN END TO THE
PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SAME
STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF SNOW
SHOWERS PER WINDWARD UPSLOPE FLOW FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SINCE THIS WILL RESULT IN A
CONTINUED THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...HAVE
ISSUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONGER
DURATION AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL POTENTIAL...WITH ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.
THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT A DEFORMATION BAND...AREA OF ENHANCED
UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION...MAY FORM ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE
DEVELOPING COASTAL CYCLONE...ENHANCING THE SNOW ACCUMULATION AS
THE STORM MOVES UP THE COAST. IF THIS OCCURS THERE WILL BE A
CORRIDOR OF HEAVIER SNOW THAT MAY MATERIALIZE OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA...POTENTIALLY CLIPPING OUR NORTHEASTERN CWA...
NORTH AND EAST OF LYNCHBURG. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND
ALLOW LATER SHIFTS TO RE-EVALUATE FOR POTENTIAL NEED FOR AN
ADVISORY WITHIN THIS AFOREMENTIONED CORRIDOR.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 345 PM EDT MONDAY...
ALTHOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE DEPARTING QUICKLY ALOFT...THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH LLVL MOISTURE...AND STOUT LAPSE RATES IN THE H85-H7 LAYER OF
AT LEAST 7C/KM...SUCH THAT UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD PERSIST
THROUGH AT LEAST LATE NIGHT TUESDAY. TOUGH TO PINPOINT BUT THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE LOCALIZED SNOW SHOWERS TO PUT DOWN A QUICK
HALF INCH EVEN INTO THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...DEPENDING ON WHERE BANDED
OR CELLULAR STRUCTURES PERSIST. VERY BLUSTERY WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARRIVING TUESDAY NIGHT...SOME 45 MPH GUSTS...WITH POTENTIALLY
STRONGER GUSTS AS INVERSION SINKS ACROSS NW NC AND WINDS ARE
SQUEEZED JUST UNDERNEATH. ALTHOUGH THE NAM WINDS FROM BUFKIT ARE
SOMETIMES TOO AGGRESSIVE...55 KTS IS RIGHT AT H85. ADVISORY LOOKS
NECESSARY THERE WITH POTENTIAL HIGH WIND CRITERIA GUSTS. WESTERN
GREENBRIER COULD POTENTIALLY RECEIVE ANOTHER 2 INCHES TUESDAY
EVENING WITH AROUND AN INCH ABOVE 2500 FEET ACROSS SE WEST VA. GUSTY
WINDS STILL EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY BUT TAILING OFF. ALTHOUGH WARM
ADVECTION BEGINS IN EARNEST WEDNESDAY...DECENT SURFACE HIGH JUST
OVERHEAD OF A VERY DRY AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME IMPRESSIVELY
COLD MIN TEMPS THURSDAY MORNING...AND WENT BELOW GUIDANCE WITH THIS
SET UP...EXCEPT MAYBE IN THE EXTREME SW CWA WHERE SW WIND PICKS UP
LATE. WINTER IS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH
WARMING SW FLOW. NEXT FRONT AND RAIN SHOWERS ARE ON THE DOORSTEP
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 345 PM EDT MONDAY...
SPRING HAS DEFINITELY SPRUNG AND WITH IT COMES TYPICAL WIDE SWINGS
AND VARIABILITY AMONG THE MODELS. MORE CONFIDENCE ON FRIDAY WITH
REGARDS TO SHOWERS WITH POTENTIALLY SOME STORMS AS A COLD FRONT
ARRIVES. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE FLIP FLOPPING WITH REGARDS TO THE
STALLING OF THIS FRONT...AND POTENTIALLY MORE WAVES RIDING ALONG IT
KEEPING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WET. PERHAPS BY SUNDAY...MOST OF
THIS WEATHER IS TO OUR EAST...HOWEVER A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO...THE
ECMWF/GFS HAD SATURDAY BEING DRY...SO ALL BETS ARE OFF AT THIS
POINT. NOT MUCH COLD AIR BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY...WITH H85 TEMPS UP TO
+10C BY MONDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 215 AM EDT TUESDAY...
SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES CLOUD COVER STEADILY INCREASING AS OF
2 AM...WITH SCT TO BKN MID LEVEL CLOUDS PER LATEST SATELLITE
IMAGERY. WILL SEE CLOUD COVER LOWER INTO THE MVFR RANGE IN THE
MOUNTAINS (KBLF/KLWB/KBCB) OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN SPREAD
EAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT KROA/KLYH/KDAN BY DAYBREAK
ALONG WITH THE ARRIVAL OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. HIGH CONFIDENCE
ON THE TIMING OF THE SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL ALSO
CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO LOWER TO IFR FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TUESDAY
MORNING.
ALL 25/00Z FORECAST MODELS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD HIGHER SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH ALL TAF SITES
EXCEPT KDAN NOW EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES SNOW
ACCUMULATION...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES AT KDAN. TIMING OF SNOWFALL IS
HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH...RATHER THE INTENSITY OF SNOWFALL HAS
INCREASED DUE TO STRONGER DYNAMICS OF THE PASSING SYSTEM. HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS THE AREA AFTER SUNRISE THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES LINGERING IN THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AT KBLF
AND KLWB MAY PERIODICALLY LOWER TO MVFR LEVELS THROUGH 06Z/2AM
WEDNESDAY.
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. SW
FLOW INCREASES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF
THE NC COAST AND THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
THIS FRONT SAGS IN FRIDAY WITH POSSIBLE MVFR CEILINGS AND
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR VAZ007-
010-011-018>020-023-024-035-046-047.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR VAZ015.
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR NCZ001-
018.
WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR WVZ042-
044.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ043-
045.
&&
SYNOPSIS...AMS/DS
NEAR TERM...AMS/PM
SHORT TERM...KM
LONG TERM...KM
AVIATION...AMS/NFHazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 9:23 PM EDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 923 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 VAZ007-010-011-018>020-023-024-035-046-047-WVZ042-044-251000- TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- AMHERST-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-MONROE- 923 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPS OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED WITH LATER FORECASTS. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ043>045-058-059-251000- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 923 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY...BUT WILL MIX WITH RAIN BY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR THE PERIOD TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-251000- ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- 923 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPS OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED WITH LATER FORECASTS. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ002-VAZ009-012>014-016-017-022-032>034-251000- ALLEGHANY NC-SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- 923 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO 1/2 INCH...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 81. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON...AFTER WHICH ONLY FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED WITH LATER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WVZ043-045-251000- SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 923 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPS OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED WITH LATER FORECASTS. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.