[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Watch

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS41 KRNK 032053
WSWRNK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
353 PM EST WED FEB 3 2010

..WINTER PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WILL
MOVE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE LOW
WILL THEN TRACK OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY SATURDAY MORNING.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-033-043-044-WVZ042-041200-
/O.NEW.KRNK.WS.A.0004.100205T0500Z-100206T2100Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-
GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...EDEN...
BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...
WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...
WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...FLOYD...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...
BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
353 PM EST WED FEB 3 2010

..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET
  AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW
  LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

* GREATER THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY WITH THIS
  STORM. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* THE TIMING AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS STORM IS STILL
  UNCERTAIN. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW WILL INFLUENCE
  WHEN THE  PRECIPITATION BEGINS AND HOW MUCH SNOW...SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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AMS




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