WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 408 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK BY EARLY THIS EVENING...AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
COAST.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT..WITH A
CHANGEOVER TO A SLEET/SNOW MIX EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO MAINLY SNOW IS
EXPECTED AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM NEW KENT TO WARSAW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4
INCHES ALONG IMMEDIATE COAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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