WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 313 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
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 DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA
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 SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS
EVENING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO
SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO
12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS...
BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING.
HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 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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