Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1216 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY THIS WEEKEND... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION AND STALL SOUTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY. COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 20S AND 30S BY SUNDAY. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION BOTH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET NORTH OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY... WITH SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN THERE TOO. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ010>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-070130- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.A.0006.131208T0900Z-131209T0900Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... 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...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST... MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON... KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1216 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING ROANOKE... LYNCHBURG AND DANVILLE. SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING LEWISBURG AND BLUEFIELD. NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF BOONE...MOUNT AIRY AND REIDSVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. SOME SNOW OR SLEET LIKELY AT THE ONSET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH. UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS NORTH OF ROANOKE. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AREAWIDE...WITH UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH COUNTRY...SPREADING NORTH INTO VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ROADS MAY ALSO BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ROANOKE WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 521 AM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ010-012>017-022-032>035-043>047-058-059-071030- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 521 AM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
