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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
616 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
VAZ048-049-060>064-069-020730-
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FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-POWHATAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...
ASHLAND
616 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 EARLY THIS EVENING WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...TO
A POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST. A MIX OF
SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE WARNING AREA BY SUNRISE
MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW ENDING BY MIDDAY MONDAY. SNOWFALL THAT
ACCUMULATES ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
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.
MDZ021>023-VAZ065>068-070>083-085-020730-
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.090302T0200Z-090302T1700Z/
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
616 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 EARLY THIS EVENING WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...TO
A POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST. 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.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS
EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
THEN 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.
MDZ024-025-NCZ012-VAZ084-086>094-099-100-020730-
/O.CON.KAKQ.WW.Y.0005.090302T0500Z-090302T1700Z/
INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-NORTHAMPTON NC-GLOUCESTER-
MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-
ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...
MARGARETTSVILLE...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...
FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE...
WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE
616 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO NOON EST MONDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON EST MONDAY.
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY THIS EVENING WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...TO
A POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST. 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.
GINGRICH
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