Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2015, 5:05 AM EST for 4 counties in West Virginia; 26 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 21, 2015, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 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
- Feb 20, 2015, 5:05 AM EST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2015, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2015, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 33 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 Ene Glendale Springs, NC | |
| Feb 21, 12:15 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Bluefield, VA | |
| Feb 21, 12:15 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 1 N Blacksburg, VA | |
| Feb 21, 12:15 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 5 Nw Daleville, VA | |
| Feb 21, 12:15 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Sw Rockbridge Baths, VA | |
| Feb 21, 5:06 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Athens, WV | |
| Feb 21, 5:06 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Athens, WV | |
| Feb 21, 5:15 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.02 | 2 E Glade Valley, NC | |
| Feb 21, 5:15 AM EST | SLEET 0.1 | 2 E Glade Valley, NC | |
| Feb 21, 5:15 AM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 3 Nw Pipers Gap, VA | |
| Feb 21, 5:40 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 1 Nnw Boone, NC | |
| Feb 21, 5:43 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Richlands, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 3 W Poages Mill, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Nne Merrimac, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 S Hollins, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 5 Nw Baywood, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:15 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Bedford, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:22 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 1 Nnw Boone, NC | |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.02 | 2 Sse Byllesby, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | 4 Nnw Coleman Store, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 4 Nnw Coleman Store, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 Sse Byllesby, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:45 AM EST | SLEET 0.1 | 2 Wnw Bluefield, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:45 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 2 Nnw Millboro, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:50 AM EST | SLEET 1.6 | 1 Nw Cave Spring, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:50 AM EST | SNOW 1.6 | 1 Nw Cave Spring, VA | |
| Feb 21, 7:55 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 2 S Alum Ridge, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 2 Wsw Chamblissburg, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 Se Rockbridge Baths, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.6 | 3 Sw Long Spur, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 W Poages Mill, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 N Blacksburg, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 W Poages Mill, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:15 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 N Boones Mill, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 1 Ne Merrimac, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 1 Ne Merrimac, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 2 Wnw Pembroke, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 4 Sw D-Day Memorial, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 Se Mountain Lake, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 4 Sw Rockbridge Baths, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:40 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Sw Cave Spring, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:45 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nw Roanoke Mountain, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:45 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 5 Nw Daleville, VA | |
| Feb 21, 8:55 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nw Roanoke Mountain, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 2 Wnw Sontag, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Ne Elliston-Lafayette, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ne Foscoe, NC | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Se Rockbridge Baths, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:04 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 Nw Salem City, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:05 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 E Trout, WV | |
| Feb 21, 9:05 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 Wsw Boonsboro, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:05 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 4 Wnw Lexington City, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:08 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Shawsville, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:10 AM EST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 Wnw Roanoke Mountain, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:11 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ne Blacksburg, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:20 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Vinton, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Nne Merrimac, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:30 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Se Glenvar, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:30 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Se Mountain Lake, VA | |
| Feb 21, 9:30 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 4 Sw Rockbridge Baths, VA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WWUS41 KRNK 201005 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH THIS MORNING... ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 10 BELOW ZERO WESTERN MOUNTAINS TO AROUND ZERO ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...AND UP TO A 0.10 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS INTO THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS INTO THIS MORNING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. FROZEN PIPES COULD BURST DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH... DECREASING THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...THROUGH THIS MORNING....10 BELOW TO 0. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 BELOW THROUGH MID MORNING. 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 WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES AND UP TO 0.20 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...NEW RIVER VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS INTO THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. FROZEN PIPES COULD BURST DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH DIMINISHING THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING....10 BELOW TO 0. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 BELOW THROUGH THIS MORNING. 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 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. && $$ VAZ019-020-WVZ043-044-507-508-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...HINTON...HIX...UNION 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...AN UP TO A 0.10 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS INTO THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS INTO THIS MORNING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. FROZEN PIPES COULD BURST DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...DIMINISHING THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING....10 BELOW TO 0. * WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW THROUGH THIS MORNING. 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 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. && $$ VAZ033>035-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...AND UP TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS THIS MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...3 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. 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 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. && $$ VAZ022-023-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...AND UP TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS INTO THIS MORNING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY LATER SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH INTO THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. 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 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. && $$ VAZ024-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...AN UP TO A 0.20 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY LATER SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. 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 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. && $$ NCZ004-VAZ032-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ STOKES-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...STUART 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH LESS THAN A 0.10 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS INTO THIS MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...3 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A 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. && $$ NCZ003-019-020-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ALONG WITH 0.10 INCH OR LESS OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS INTO THIS MORNING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY LATER SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ VAZ045>047-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS THIS MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...3 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A 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. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-201815- /O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0002.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 505 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 INCHES OR LESS...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS THIS MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN A WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...3 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A 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. && $$
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403 WWUS41 KRNK 201453 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS..SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. 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. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...NEW RIVER VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINTRY WEATHER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-WVZ043-044-507-508-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...HINTON...HIX...UNION 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEENS TO NEAR 20 DEGREES. 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. && $$ VAZ022-023-033>035-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING..WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 RISING INTO THE 30S BY SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ024-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINTRY WEATHER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY LATER SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES... 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...THEN A WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
705 WWUS41 KRNK 201453 CCA WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THEN WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS..SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. 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. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...NEW RIVER VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINTRY WEATHER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-WVZ043-044-507-508-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...HINTON...HIX...UNION 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEENS TO NEAR 20 DEGREES. 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. && $$ VAZ022-023-033>035-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.COR.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH .20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING..WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 RISING INTO THE 30S BY SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ024-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINTRY WEATHER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW AND ICE COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY LATER SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES... 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...THEN A WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-202300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150220T1500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 953 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WINTRY MIX ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
188 WWUS41 KRNK 202042 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 342 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-210445- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 342 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS..SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S SATURDAY. 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. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-022-023-033>035-210445- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 342 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .20 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE RIVER VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-210445- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...HINTON...HIX...UNION 342 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .15 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING INTO THE 20S SATURDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-210445- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 342 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING BY EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS AND 20S TONIGHT RISING INTO THE 30S SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-210445- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 342 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-210445- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 342 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S INTO THE 30S SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
354 WWUS41 KRNK 210445 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1145 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER OVERNIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-211245- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 1145 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS..SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S SATURDAY. 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. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-022-023-033>035-211245- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 1145 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .20 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE RIVER VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-211245- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...HINTON...HIX...UNION 1145 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .15 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING INTO THE 20S SATURDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-211245- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T0500Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 1145 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING BY EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS AND 20S TONIGHT RISING INTO THE 30S SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-211245- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 1145 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-211245- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1145 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S INTO THE 30S SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
589 WWUS41 KRNK 211007 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 507 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...A WINTRY MIX LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THE AREA TODAY...WITH SNOW BEGINNING THIS MORNING...THEN MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-211815- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 507 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. * IMPACTS..SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...STEADILY RISING THROUGH THE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-022-023-033>035-211815- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 507 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .20 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE RIVER VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TONIGHT RISING THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-211815- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...HINTON...HIX...UNION 507 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .15 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS THIS MORNING...RISING INTO THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-211815- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 507 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW. POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 20S TODAY AND INTO INTO THE 30S BY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-211815- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 507 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING BEFORE NOON AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-211815- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.150221T1100Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 507 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ARRIVING MID-DAY AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW. POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 20S...REACHING THE LOWER 30S BY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
518 WWUS41 KRNK 211457 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 957 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...SNOW CHANGING TO A WINTRY MIX THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THE AREA TODAY...WITH SNOW LINGERING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-212300- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 957 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS..SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...STEADILY RISING THROUGH THE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-022-023-033>035-212300- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 957 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE RIVER VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO EARLY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-212300- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...HINTON...HIX...UNION 957 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDED SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS THIS MORNING...RISING INTO THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-212300- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 957 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDED SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 1 INCH...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO THIS EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW. POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO INTO THE 30S BY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-212300- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 957 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDED SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO .10 INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-212300- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 957 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDED SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 1 INCH...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP DUE TO ICE AND SNOW. POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 20S...REACHING THE LOWER 30S BY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
701 WWUS41 KRNK 212035 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 335 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTRY MIX CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT... .A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER PENNSYLVANIA WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THESE FEATURES THROUGH THE NIGHT. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-220445- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 335 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS..HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-022-023-033>035-220445- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 335 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE INCH SOUTH TO THREE INCHES NORTH...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE RIVER VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-220445- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...HINTON...HIX...UNION 335 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-220445- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 335 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET...TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-220445- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 335 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-220445- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 335 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE INCH...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
695 WWUS41 KRNK 212300 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 600 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTRY MIX CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT... .A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER PENNSYLVANIA WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THESE FEATURES THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT GRADIENT SEPARATING SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH TO ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-220700- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 600 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS..HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-022-023-033>035-220700- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 600 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE INCH SOUTH TO 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTH...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE RIVER VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-220700- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...HINTON...HIX...UNION 600 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING 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. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-220700- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 600 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET...TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ045>047-220700- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 600 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH TO THE SOUTH WITH AROUND 2 INCHES TO THE NORTH...ALONG WITH A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS INCH OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ043-044-058-059-220700- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 600 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE INCH...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MBS
469 WWUS41 KRNK 220249 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTRY MIX CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT... .A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER PENNSYLVANIA WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THESE FEATURES THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT GRADIENT SEPARATING SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH TO ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH. NCZ005-006-220400- /O.CAN.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL- 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE A GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015-016-WVZ042-221100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI- GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...BLUEFIELD 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE INCH. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET. SOME SLUMPING OF SNOW ON STEEP SLOPES MAY LEAD TO SNOW SLIDES COVERING ROADWAYS. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS..HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ011-014-017-018-022-023-033>035-221100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER AND ROANOKE RIVER VALLEYS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING 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. && $$ VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-221100- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...HINTON...HIX...UNION 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH ICE. * LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SLUMPING OF SNOW ON STEEP HILLSIDES MAY LEAD TO SNOW SLIDES COVERING ROADS. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-221100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS 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. && $$ VAZ045>047-221100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VAZ043-044-058-059-221100- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 949 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE INCH...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING...ONGOING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MBS
293 WWUS41 KRNK 221117 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 617 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...THE ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED... .PRECIPITATION FROM YESTERDAYS WINTER STORM HAS PRETTY MUCH ENDED. SOME LINGERING FREEZING DRIZZLE IS STILL POSSIBLE...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SNOW OR SLEET IS EXPECTED. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS UNTIL TEMPERATURES CAN WARM ABOVE FREEZING. THERE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 460 IN VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-033>035-WVZ042>044-507-508- 221230- /O.EXP.KRNK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...BLUEFIELD... HINTON...HIX...UNION 617 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND ICY SLUSH WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 460 IN VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA WHERE YESTERDAYS SNOWFALL EXCEEDED 6 INCHES. $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032-043>047-058-059-221230- /O.EXP.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150222T1100Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...STUART...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG... APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 617 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ICY TRAVEL IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED...WATCH OUT FOR BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. $$
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 Feb 20, 4:51 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 4:51 AM EST, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
451 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA TODAY. ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND WITH THE NEXT WINTER WEATHER
THREAT. A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER SUNDAY
BRINGING A RETURN TO DRIER WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
AS OF 230 AM THURSDAY...
STILL A GRADIENT OUT THERE THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST. AS
SUCH WILL KEEP THE WIND CHILL HEADLINES GOING THROUGH THE MORNING.
MAY NEED TO HAVE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS
ONCE THE WARNING EXPIRES AS STILL FORECAST ENOUGH WIND 5 MPH OR MORE
PRODUCING WIND CHILLS TO -5 TO -10 TIL NOON. WILL LET THE NEXT SHIFT
HANDLE THIS SINCE THE WARNINGS GO TIL 10 AM.
ALL OUR CLIMATE SITES HAVE ALREADY BROKEN THE RECORD LOWS FOR TODAY
THE 20TH.
ANOTHER COLD DAY BUT NOT AS FRIGID AS THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TO THE COAST BY THIS EVENING. 8H TEMPS
WARM FROM -18 TO -25 THIS MORNING TO -8 TO -12 THIS AFTERNOON. WILL
SEE SUNSHINE BUT SNOW COVER REMAINS AROUND IN THE NRN AND WRN HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA. STILL COLD WITH RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPS AGAIN
EXPECTED TO GET BROKEN. SEE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW.
EXPECT HIGHS FROM MID TEENS IN THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS TO SE
WV...WITH AROUND 20 TO 25 ELSEWHERE. EXPECT SOME HIGH CLOUDS TO
START ROLLING ACROSS THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF OUR NEXT
WEATHER MAKER. A FEW STRATOCU WILL ALSO BE AROUND THIS MORNING IN
THE MOUNTAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 PM EST THURSDAY...
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE LEADING
EDGE OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH OUR NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
HOT ON ITS HEELS. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM
THE WEST BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WITH SNOW INTENSITY INCREASING TOWARD
DAWN SATURDAY AS THE DEEPER MOISTURE PUSHES ACROSS TENNESSEE AND
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. LOOKING AT 1 TO 2 INCHES SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR
THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGHLANDS INTO THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE...WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS FURTHER EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF COLD DUE TO THE
LINGERING ARCTIC AIR...AND WILL MODESTLY WARM OVERNIGHT...MAINLY
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AS SOUTHERLY WINDFLOW TAKE OVER. OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN
EMPIRE TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR.
DEEPER MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE INTO THE AREA AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY AS
AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ATMOSPHERIC
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
COMPLETELY BELOW FREEZING UNTIL AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
SNOWFALL. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT WEST VIRGINIA AND
VIRGINIA WILL RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW...HOWEVER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS APPEAR
TO BE LOWER FURTHER SOUTH IN NORTH CAROLINA.
LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES WITH THIS FORECAST...WITH FORECAST MODEL AMOUNTS VARYING
FROM THE AGGRESSIVE NAM MODEL CALLING FOR ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...TO A MORE MODEST ONE THIRD TO ONE
HALF INCH PER THE ECMWF MODEL DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WENT MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD FOR NOW...AND WILL REASSESS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WHEN
THE 20/00Z MODELS COME IN. USING ANYWHERE FROM A 10:1 TO 15:1
SNOWFALL TO LIQUID RATIO...EXPECT WE WILL EXCEED WINTER STORM
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON
SATURDAY.
AS IF THE SNOWFALL WASN'T ENOUGH...WARM AIR WILL CONTINUALLY WORK
INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY...FINALLY WARMING THE LOW LEVELS OF
THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE FREEZING DURING LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE MOUNTAINS. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES STILL HOLDING BELOW
FREEZING...WE CAN EXPECT SNOW TO GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE FINALLY
CHANGING OVER TO RAIN IN SPOTS ALONG THE WESTERN RIDGES AFTER
SUNSET. TRIED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THE MODELS TEND TO
ERODE ARCTIC AIR TOO QUICKLY...AND DELAYED THE TRANSITION TO RAIN BY
A FEW HOURS.
WARM AIR WILL CONTINUALLY BUILD IN SATURDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE
PASSES FROM THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. WILL
THEREFORE SEE THE COVERAGE OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION RETREAT FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY
SUNRISE SUNDAY...EXPECT THE COVERAGE OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO BE
CONFINED TO THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR...WITH RAIN ELSEWHERE. EARLY
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 30S NORTH...AND TO
THE MID 40S SOUTH...BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION.
WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...RAIN WILL DIMINISH...WITH LINGERING
UPSLOPE SHOWER ACTIVITY ALONG THE WESTERN RIDGES CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW BY LATE EVENING.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 315 PM EST THURSDAY...
MODELS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE LARGE SCALE EVOLUTION
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. WE START THE PERIOD IN
A BLOCKY SPLIT FLOW PATTERN WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM IN A LARGE
BROAD TROF OVER THE EAST...A CLOSED LOW OVER CA/NV AND A HIGH
AMPLITUDE RIDGE NOSING INTO THE PAC NW...WITH THE SOUTHERN STREAM
FLOWING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES. AS WE GO ON IN
TIME...THE CLOSED LOW IN THE SOUTHWEST RATHER QUICKLY OPENS UP AND
EJECTS EASTWARD AROUND THE BASE OF THE EASTERN TROF...AS THE
EASTERN TROF DEEPENS AND COMES TO DOMINATE THE UPPER PATTERN BY
MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL FAVOR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
WITH ANOMALIES TRENDING TO MUCH BELOW AS WE GET TOWARD LATE NEXT
WEEK. THE MODELS DIFFER IN HANDLING THE EJECTING ENERGY FROM THE
DISSIPATING CLOSED LOW. THE OPERATIONAL RUN OF THE EURO TAKES THE
ENERGY AND DEVELOPS A STRONG COASTAL LOW ON WEDNESDAY. THE GFS
SWEEPS THIS EJECTING ENERGY OUT WITH ONLY A WEAK LOW REFLECTION AT
THE SURFACE. A SIMILAR SITUATION OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WINTER WITH
THE GFS PROVIDING A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION SO WILL LEAN TOWARDS IT
AND ITS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS FROM MIDWEEK ON.
THUS...EXPECTING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WITH SOME UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS EARLY FOR THE FAR WESTERN SLOPES OF
THE APPALACHIANS. APPROACHING COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING US
OUR NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD SHOT MOVING
IN BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THEN CONTINUED COLD WITH UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS
THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /10Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1145 PM EST THURSDAY...
GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THROUGH
THE TAF VALID PERIOD. WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...CONTINUATION OF
MVFR CIGS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE TAF VALID PERIOD. A WEAK SHORT
WAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE DEEP EASTERN U.S. UPPER TROUGH BRINGING
A BRIEF SURGE IN THE NW WINDS TO MOST AREAS...ALONG WITH AN
INCREASE IN MVFR CIGS TOWARD THE BLUE RIDGE. BOTH SHOULD DECREASE
AFTER 10Z. SOME -SHSN MAY PERSIST WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE
GUSTY NW WINDS ARE STILL CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY AT BLF IN
BLSN...ALTHOUGH THE ASOS REPORTS THIS AS HZ...IT IS CLEARLY NOT
THAT. BCB...WILL BE MORE IN THAN OUT OF MVFR CIGS THROUGH
DAYBREAK...BUT LESS SO THAN LWB/BLF AS IS TYPICAL FOR THIS TYPE OF
SCENARIO. VSBYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM
ELSEWHERE...EXPECT COULD NOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A BRIEF MVFR
VSBYS AT LWB IN -SHSN OR BLSN...ALTHOUGH THE WIND IS FAR LESS
THERE IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY THAN AT BLF. WINDS...WNW OVERNIGHT
AT SPEEDS OF 10-15KTS WITH GUSTS 20-25KTS THROUGH ABOUT 10Z...THEN
GUSTS SHOULD SUBSIDE AND WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 10KTS OR LESS BY
DAYBREAK. LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...MOSTLY
10KTS OR LESS. FOR FRI...EXPECT W-WSW WINDS AT SPEEDS OF
5-10KTS...BECOMING VARIABLE OF LIGHT SOUTHEAST TOWARD 00Z.
ALSO...THE NEXT UPSTREAM SYSTEM WILL BE QUICKLY ON THE WAY TOWARD
THE END OF THE TAF VALID PERIOD...WIDESPREAD DENSE MID/HIGH CLOUDS
SPREADING TO THE REGION FROM THE WEST AFT 00Z. CIGS SHOULD REMAIN
VFR THROUGH 06Z...HOWEVER AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL
AFTER 06Z.
MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE ON CIGS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE
TONIGHT...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CIGS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VISIBILITIES WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR VSBYS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THROUGHOUT
THE TAF VALID PERIOD.
MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN WIND DIR/SPD THROUGHOUT THE TAF
VALID PERIOD.
EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD
FINALLY RETURN FRIDAY UNDER DRY/ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE. CLOUDS WILL
INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT LIKELY STILL VFR IN THE EVENING...THOUGH
SOME MVFR AHEAD OF THE STORM MAY IMPACT THE WESTERN SITES
INCLUDING MVFR OR WORSE VSBYS IN SNOW.
THIS COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY WITH SUB VFR CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY A SIGNIFICANT
WINTRY MIX IMPACTING MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MOSTLY RAIN AND CONTINUED SUB-VFR CONDITIONS
SUNDAY.
IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY...EXCLUDING SOUTHEAST
WEST VA WHERE MVFR CIGS AND SNOW SHOWERS MAY PERSIST. VFR SHOULD
THEN LINGER INTO TUESDAY UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AND MOST
MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
A SIGNIFICANT STORM APPEARS LIKELY DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND
WITH A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ACROSS
THE HSA. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD START OUT AS SNOW AND TRANSITION
THROUGH VARIOUS TYPES TO ALL RAIN BUT THE AMOUNT AND DURATION OF EACH
TYPE IS UNCERTAIN AND WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE HSA. STORM TOTAL
LIQUID EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...BUT IT
DOES NOT APPEAR AT THIS TIME THAT A COMPLETE MELT OF THE SNOWPACK
WILL OCCUR BEFORE FREEZING TEMPERATURES RETURN BY LATE SUNDAY AND
SLOW ANY RUNOFF DRAMATICALLY. NO RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD
STAGE BUT SEVERAL ENSEMBLE HYDROLOGIC SOLUTIONS DO INDICATE A
POSSIBLE RISE TO AT LEAST ACTION STAGE ON SOME RIVERS BY LATER
SUNDAY OR MONDAY.
&&
.CLIMATE...
STATION RECORD COLDEST HIGH FEB 20TH FORECAST
ROANOKE 26/1947 21
LYNCHBURG 23/1947 20
DANVILLE 35/1972 23
BLACKSBURG 21/1958 19
BLUEFIELD 22/1972 20
LEWISBURG 27/2013 15
STATION RECORD LOWS FEB 21ST FORECAST
ROANOKE 12/1963 14
LYNCHBURG 6/1896 11
DANVILLE 11/1979 14
BLACKSBURG 0/1972 12
BLUEFIELD 1/1963 18
LEWISBURG 10/2008 10
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR VAZ007-
009>020.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR VAZ007-009>020-022>024-033>035.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR VAZ032.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR
VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR VAZ043>047-058-059.
NC...WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR NCZ001-002-
018.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR NCZ001-002-018.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR NCZ003-004-019-020.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR
NCZ003>006-019-020.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR NCZ005-006.
WV...WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR WVZ042>044-
507-508.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR WVZ042>044-507-508.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JH/WP
NEAR TERM...WP
SHORT TERM...NF
LONG TERM...MBS
AVIATION...JH/RAB
HYDROLOGY...PC
CLIMATE...WPHazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 3:39 PM EST, 13 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 339 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-202045- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- 339 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL WARNING. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-202045- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 339 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003-019-020-VAZ022>024-202045- SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- 339 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 5:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and 5 more | 49 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.