WINTER STORM WATCH Warning Issue Date: 312 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 2500 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH ABOVE 2500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATING SNOWS EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE
WESTERN SLOPES.
* MAIN LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED INCLUDE QUINWOOD SOUTHWEST
TO FLAT TOP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
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