WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* ACCUMULATING SNOWS BEGINNING BY EARLY THIS EVENING...AND
CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW TOTALS ABOVE 2500 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 5
TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ON WESTERN SLOPES.
* WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY...INCLUDING MCCROSS AND QUINWOOD...
WILL LIKELY SEE AROUND A FOOT OF ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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