
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING 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 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN
INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER
OFF BY LATE SATURDAY.
* SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW TOTALS OF 5
TO 9 INCHES.
* THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH. ANY CHANGES IN THE TRACK AND SPEED OF THE STORM WILL
INFLUENCE THE TIMING AND THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL.
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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