SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 446 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1015 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...PATCHY BLACK ICE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS MORNING...
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAVE AGAIN COMBINED WITH LEFTOVER
SLUSH AND WATER ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS TO PRODUCE
DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY BLACK ICE EARLY THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THIS
ICE IS SO CLEAR AND THIN THAT IT CAN NOT BE EASILY SEEN.
TRAVELERS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION BY SLOWING
DOWN AND REMAINING ALERT FOR SLIPPERY TRAVELING SURFACES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 354 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AND
STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER RIDGES AND ALONG THE DOWNSTREAM SLOPES WHERE CHANNELING MAY
OCCUR. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN MOST
LOCATIONS BY AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN...COMBINED WITH A
SLOWLY MELTING SNOW PACK...WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF LOCALIZED
FLOODING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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