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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
344 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
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INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY
344 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON EST MONDAY...
..WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE LOWER MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THIS
EVENING...TO A POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT. LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW AT
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE LOW APPROACHES
THE REGION. ONCE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CLEARS THE AREA...COLDER
AIR ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL CHANGE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION
OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF
SNOW...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED
OVER THE ADVISORY AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY. WHILE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO GRASSY
SURFACES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...PRIMARY ROADS COULD BE SLICK
FOR THE MONDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CHANGING ROAD
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND WATCH FOR SLICK ROADS OVERNIGHT WITH
THE WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER IN THE AREA.
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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DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-
AMELIA-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-MIDDLESEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...
RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL
344 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST MONDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST MONDAY.
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THIS
EVENING...TO A POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE
REGION. GIVEN THAT ROAD TEMPERATURES ON PRIMARY ROADWAYS REMAIN
WELL ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...ANY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH
THE EVENING WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. PRIMARY ROADWAYS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN WET
THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW DURING THE
EVENING HOURS. PERIODS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...TAPERING OFF TOWARDS NOON.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED
OVER THE WARNING AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY...WITH THE GREATEST
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95...AND
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 360 ACROSS THE NORTHERN NECK OF EASTERN
VIRGINIA. ANY SNOWFALL THAT DOES ACCUMULATE ON PRIMARY ROADWAYS
MONDAY MORNING COULD MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
LACK OF RECENT WINTER WEATHER DRIVING EXPERIENCE FOR MANY ACROSS
THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION SAFELY. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN
YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU.
VAZ048-049-060>064-069-020445-
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FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-POWHATAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...
ASHLAND
344 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY.
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THIS
EVENING...TO A POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN SPOTS...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS THE LOW
APPROACHES THE REGION. GIVEN THAT ROAD TEMPERATURES ON PRIMARY
ROADWAYS REMAIN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...ANY SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION THROUGH THE EVENING WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY
AREAS...SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRIMARY
ROADWAYS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN WET THROUGH TONIGHT.
ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW DURING THE
EVENING HOURS. PERIODS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED
OVER THE WARNING AREA BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
ENDING BY MIDDAY MONDAY. ANY SNOWFALL THAT DOES ACCUMULATE ON
PRIMARY ROADWAYS MONDAY MORNING WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE LACK OF RECENT WINTER WEATHER
DRIVING EXPERIENCE FOR MANY ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION SAFELY. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN
YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU.
NCZ012-VAZ084-086>094-099-100-020445-
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NORTHAMPTON NC-GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-
JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...
WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...
CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE
344 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON EST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF
HAMPTON ROADS...AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THIS
EVENING...TO A POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT. RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION. ONCE
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CLEARS THE AREA...COLDER AIR ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL CHANGE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER TO
SNOW OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW...WILL THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE ANTICIPATED OVER
THE ADVISORY AREA BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH ANY SNOWFALL LIKELY
ACCUMULATING PRIMARILY ON GRASSY SURFACES...SECONDARY
ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY
MIDDAY MONDAY...WITH ANY SNOW AND SLEET THAT DOES ACCUMULATE ON
PRIMARY ROADS POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN SOME SLICK SPOTS FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
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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