WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 441 AM EST SAT DEC 12 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM
THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY.
* A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW...THEN CHANGING TO LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN...WILL BEGIN IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA BY LATE
THIS EVENING...AND BY AROUND 4 AM NORTH OF THE ROANOKE RIVER.
THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN AROUND DAWN IN
NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...AND BY MID MORNING NORTH OF THE
ROANOKE RIVER.
* ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS EXPECTED IN
MOST LOCATIONS. ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND SNOW
ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS WHERE A UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF SLEET OR SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST FACING
SLOPES MAY SEE LOCAL ICE ACCRETION AMOUNTS OF AROUND A QUARTER
OF AN INCH...CAUSING SOME TREE LIMB DAMAGE AND ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES. MOST AREAS WILL SEE ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF ICING
HOWEVER. UNLIKE THE MOST RECENT ICE EVENT...ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL THE
CHANGEOVER TO RAIN OCCURS.
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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