WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 450 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...SNOW EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY FOLLOWED BY A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE AREA OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST U.S. COAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A PERIOD OF SNOW TO THE REGION TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. WVZ043-045-242100- /O.NEW.KRNK.WW.Y.0016.140325T0800Z-140326T1200Z/ SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIX...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 450 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...PRIMARILY WESTERN AND NORTHERN GREENBRIER ALONG WITH NORTHWESTERN SUMMERS COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES...LOCALLY 5 INCHES. OTHERWISE...1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...4 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH 8 AM WEDNESDAY...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW OCCURRING IN TWO BURSTS...4 AM TUESDAY TO NOON TUESDAY...AND THEN AGAIN 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY MORNING...FALLING TO THE MID AND UPPER TEENS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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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