HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS BEFORE BECOMING SOUTHWEST EARLY
WEDNESDAY THEN WEST BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 EXPECTED AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
AND ALONG THE DOWNSTREAM SLOPES OF THE RIDGES ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN
TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED
ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 927 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND POCKETS OF SLEET WILL INCREASE BY
MIDNIGHT AND THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE AS WARMER AIR ARRIVES.
* MAIN IMPACT: UP TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER
THE HIGHLANDS OF BATH AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY AS WELL AS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
ELSEWHERE...LIGHT ICING EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ANOTHER COATING OF SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE
FROM GREENBRIER COUNTY INTO THE VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS.
* TEMPERATURES WILL RISE OVERNIGHT CHANGING ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION TO RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY 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.
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