WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 816 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE VIRGINIA COAST THIS EVENING. SNOW
WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WITH SNOW
SHOWERS CONTINUING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT OVER
THE MOUNTAINS.
VAZ019-020-024-035-046-047-059-192130-
/O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091220T0500Z/
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...AMHERST...APPOMATTOX...
KEYSVILLE
816 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ENDING BY MIDNIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS ALONG POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND THIS EVENING OF 3 TO 8
INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
TRAVEL WILL BE 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.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ICE
ACCUMULATION OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...
2 1 5...4 3 2 4.FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON
THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.
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