WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 411 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY
ABOVE 2500 FEET...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
* SNOW TOTALS ABOVE 2500 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM
6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ON WESTERN SLOPES.
* WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY...INCLUDING MCROSS AND QUINWOOD...
WILL LIKELY SEE A FOOT OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
* THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE
HIGH ELEVATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY.
* WIND CHILLS FROM FIVE TO TEN BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL
NOON TODAY.
* WIND CHILLS FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT.
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. BLOWING SNOW
WILL ALSO RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
$$
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 411 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY
ABOVE 2500 FEET...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
* SNOW TOTALS ABOVE 2500 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM
6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ON WESTERN SLOPES.
* WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY...INCLUDING MCROSS AND QUINWOOD...
WILL LIKELY SEE A FOOT OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
* THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE
HIGH ELEVATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY.
* WIND CHILLS FROM FIVE TO TEN BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL
NOON TODAY.
* WIND CHILLS FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. BLOWING SNOW
WILL ALSO RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
$$
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