ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 627 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...SIGNIFICANT ICING LIKELY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY LATER TONIGHT...REACHING THE UPPER MIDWEST ON FRIDAY. AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM...A COMPLEX FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EAST INTO THE AREA BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WILL PRODUCE INCREASING RAINFALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE
LATER TONIGHT AND ELSEWHERE ON FRIDAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE TIME ALONG AND
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-GRAYSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...
VOLNEY
627 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE BY NOON FRIDAY. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY MAY SEE LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS WITH BETWEEN A
THIRD TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICING.
* THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
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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