ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 454 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
* BETWEEN A TENTH AND A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICING IS
EXPECTED... WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
* UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS OR POWER
LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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