WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA EARLY THIS EVENING...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG
THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST.
BY TONIGHT...MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA...WITH THE
SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH RAIN OR SLEET ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF
INTERSTATE 95. AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY...THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD SEE
A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED...WITH 4 TO 12 INCHES FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE WARNED AREA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LUNENBURG
TO NOTTOWAY AND POWHATAN.
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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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