WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 320 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN THE WARNED AREA. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE REDUCED.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON WESTERN
SLOPES SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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