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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1011 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
VAZ048-049-060>064-069-021115-
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090302T1700Z/
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-POWHATAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...
ASHLAND
1011 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 NORTH CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...TO A
POSITION JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST. PERIODS OF
SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING...TAPERING OFF TOWARDS NOON.
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>083-085-021115-
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-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
1011 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 NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...TO A POSITION JUST
OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST. 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>094-099-100-021115-
/O.EXT.KAKQ.WW.Y.0005.090302T0311Z-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
1011 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
MONDAY.
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...TO A POSITION JUST
OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW
EARLY...WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AS COLDER AIR ON THE BACKSIDE
OF THE LOW ARRIVES...ONCE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CLEARS THE AREA.
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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