WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 628 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT ICING LIKELY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY LATER TONIGHT...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>020-022>024-033>035-WVZ044-045-241945-
/O.CON.KRNK.WS.A.0007.091225T0500Z-091225T2300Z/
GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...
NEW CASTLE...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...ROCKY MOUNT...AMHERST...
UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE
627 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...AND
  THEN CONTINUE INTO THE DAY FRIDAY.
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING MAY BE WIDESPREAD BY FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE
  PARKWAY MAY SEE UP LOCALLY HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS.
* THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MAY BE COLD
  ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY.
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.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 453 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.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.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
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