WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 306 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST FACING ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR
LIGHT SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES ABOVE
3000 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
* TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES.
* GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW.
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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