[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Warning

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS41 KRNK 282118
WSWRNK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
418 PM EST THU JAN 28 2010

..SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...

COLD AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHILE LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BRINGING
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-290530-
/O.UPG.KRNK.WS.A.0003.100129T1700Z-100130T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KRNK.WS.W.0005.100129T1800Z-100130T2300Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-
GRAYSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY
418 PM EST THU JAN 28 2010

..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM
FRIDAY TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE 
  IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT 
  TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO 
  BEGIN DECREASING BY LATE SATURDAY. 

* SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH SNOW TOTALS OF 7 TO
  12 INCHES.

* THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRACK OF THE STORM COULD AFFECT THE
  SNOWFALL TOTALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

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