HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 949 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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HIGH WIND WARNING
Issue Date: 351 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RACE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
UNITED STATES TO THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.STRONG WINDS AROUND THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-090500-
/O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0006.091208T2100Z-091210T0000Z/
ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL...
MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
351 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
SOUTHWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY THEN WEST BEHIND A STRONG COLD
FRONT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 EXPECTED AT
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
AND ALONG THE DOWNSTREAM SLOPES OF THE RIDGES ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN
TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED
ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 501 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED
STATES WILL RACE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED AS
THIS SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
VAZ010>016-081815-
/O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0020.091208T2300Z-091209T1100Z/
BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...
RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...
VOLNEY
501 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE BRIEFLY
TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACT: UP TO TWO TENTHS AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION.
* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL RISE OVERNIGHT CHANGING ALL OF
THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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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