HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 328 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 330 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT PLEASE RELAY
REPORTS OF ICING TO 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
$$

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 255 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT ICING LIKELY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE UPPER MIDWEST ON FRIDAY.
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...A COMPLEX FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE
SLOWLY EAST INTO THE AREA BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WILL PRODUCE INCREASING RAINFALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE
RIDGE LATER TONIGHT AND ELSEWHERE ON FRIDAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE TIME ALONG
AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
VAZ011-013-014-018-022-033-WVZ044-045-250400-
/O.EXB.KRNK.ZR.Y.0006.091225T0500Z-091225T1700Z/
/O.EXT.KRNK.WS.A.0007.091225T2100Z-091225T2300Z/
GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ROANOKE-FRANKLIN-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...
NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...ROCKY MOUNT...UNION...LEWISBURG...
QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE
255 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICING IS EXPECTED...
WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE
RIDGE...AND ON OTHER EASTERN FACING SLOPES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY...ESPECIALLY
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 349 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...HEAVY ICING POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT...AND A WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY
APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE
TIME ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
VAZ011-013-014-017>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ044-045-240500-
/O.NEW.KRNK.WS.A.0007.091225T0500Z-091225T2300Z/
GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...
FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...STUART...
ROCKY MOUNT...AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...
RAINELLE
349 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT
THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE DAY FRIDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING MAY BE WIDESPREAD BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE
RIDGE PARKWAY MAY SEE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICING.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$