FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1038 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATTOAX.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 09:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
TONIGHT.
* AT 21.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL AND PASTURE LAND FLOODED.
THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.0 FEET ON
MAY 30 2003.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1006 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
COAST.
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF
INTERSTATE 95...WITH THE SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH RAIN OR SLEET
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. AFTER DAYBREAK SATURDAY...
THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD SEE A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW. SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
MORE THAN 12 INCHES OF SNOW WELL TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF
RICHMOND...TO INCLUDE THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES.
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.
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