WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 927 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND POCKETS OF SLEET WILL INCREASE BY
MIDNIGHT AND THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE AS WARMER AIR ARRIVES.
* MAIN IMPACT: UP TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER
THE HIGHLANDS OF BATH AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY AS WELL AS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
ELSEWHERE...LIGHT ICING EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ANOTHER COATING OF SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE
FROM GREENBRIER COUNTY INTO THE VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS.
* TEMPERATURES WILL RISE OVERNIGHT CHANGING ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION TO RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50
MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE BUT
GUSTS STRONG ENOUGH TO TOPPLE TREES COULD OCCUR INTO THE
PIEDMONT GIVEN THE VERY WET SOIL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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