WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST TO THE
SOUTHEAST COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN
WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER.
PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON...AND
QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY
TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO
SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18
INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING.
HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF
GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING
FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS.
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