Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
410 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013
...WINTERS LAST GASP TO CREATE TRAVEL HEADACHES THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF COAST STATES WILL MOVE INTO
THE CAROLINAS THIS EVENING AND OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST OVERNIGHT.
THE COLD AND DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE HAS ALLOWED PRECIPITATION TO
MOVE IN AS SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE WARMER
GROUND...INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
CAUSE SLICK SPOTS AROUND THE AREA...WITH MOST ACCUMULATION
OCCURRING ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES. EXPECT WARMER AIR TO CHANGE
THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN BY EARLY EVENING.
VAZ019-020-023-024-032>035-043>047-WVZ042-043-045-050000-
/O.EXA.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-130405T0000Z/
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-
AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-
SUMMERS-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...
HOT SPRINGS...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...
ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...
LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...
QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE
410 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SOME SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS...MOST OF THE AREA.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND SOME SLEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 3 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE CHANGING TO RAIN THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS.
* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S...THEN RISING IN THE
LOWER 40S AFTER 800 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT
PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
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.
&&
$$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
413 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-WVZ042>045-052015-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-
GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-
CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
413 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
$$
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
405 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013
NCZ001>005-018>020-VAZ007-009>018-022>024-032>035-043>045-
WVZ042>044-042115-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...EDEN...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...
MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...
LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...
AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...BLUEFIELD...
FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION
405 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE PROGRESSING NORTH ACROSS
THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW ARE MOVING NORTH OF A LINE
FROM BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO GALAX VIRGINIA TO JUST NORTH OF
MARTINSVILLE VIRGINIA. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR
ARE EXPECTED UNDER THE HEAVIEST BANDS. AS WE PROGRESS INTO THE
EVENING HOURS...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SO THAT THE
PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO RAIN.
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