WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 259 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY
THIS MORNING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY
THIS MORNING.
* TIMING: POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO
RAIN BY DAYBREAK AS WARMER AIR ARRIVES.
* MAIN IMPACT: UP TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER
THE HIGHLANDS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY AS WELL AS ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE PARKWAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 321 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH DURING THE
EARLY MORNING...THEN BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS
OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN
TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED
ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS.
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