[at-l] Winter Storm

[daveh@xxxxxxxxxx (Dave Hicks)]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
445 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003

.A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REACH THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS BY TONIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST THIS EVENING...A COLD
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER ONTARIO WILL RIDGE SOUTH INTO OUR AREA.
RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON...THEN COLD AIR IS GOING TO
SURGE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT CHANGING THE
PRECIPITATION INTO A WINTRY MIXTURE. AS COLD AIR PLUNGES
SOUTH...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

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ALLEGHANY VA-ALLEGHANY NC-AMHERST VA-APPOMATTOX VA-ASHE NC-BATH VA-
BEDFORD VA-BLAND VA-BOTETOURT VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-CAMPBELL VA-
CARROLL VA-CASWELL NC-CHARLOTTE VA-CRAIG VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-
GILES VA-GRAYSON VA-GREENBRIER WV-HALIFAX VA-HENRY VA-MERCER WV-
MONROE WV-MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-PULASKI VA-
ROANOKE VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-ROCKINGHAM NC-SMYTH VA-STOKES NC-SUMMERS WV-
SURRY NC-TAZEWELL VA-WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-WYTHE VA-YADKIN NC-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...
TAZEWELL...SALEM CITY...PEARISBURG...MARTINSVILLE CITY...
LYNCHBURG CITY...GALAX CITY...DANVILLE CITY...CLIFTON FORGE CITY...
BLUEFIELD...BLACKSBURG...BEDFORD CITY...APPOMATTOX...WILKESBORO...
SPARTA...EDEN...DOBSON AND BOONE
336 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW
FREEZING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY
ACROSS ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WITH
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA. THE TRACK OF THE STORM AND THE SURGE OF THE ARCTIC AIR
INTO THE AREA WILL DRAMATICALLY EFFECT ACCUMULATIONS AND
PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE REGION.

BY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH AND
GREENBRIER VALLEYS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE PIEDMONTS. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE.