ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 404 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND
THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF
THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY MAY SEE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICING.
* THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING
MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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