WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
SNOW DEVELOPING QUICKLY FIRST THING THIS MORNING WILL ACCUMULATE
INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE QUITTING FROM SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
BY MID AFTERNOON NORTHEASTWARD...TO THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING.
ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST
VIRGINIA LOWLANDS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...THREE TO AS MUCH AS SIX
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF.
INITIALLY WARM GROUND MAY LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS ALONG
THE RIVER VALLEYS...BUT BRIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES WILL BE
MORE VULNERABLE. AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS OUT OF THE AREA TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING...CAUSING ANY MOISTURE IN LIQUID FORM
ON ROADWAYS TO FREEZE...QUICKLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
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