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Winter Storm Watch
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-
FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-
BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...
HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...
BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...
MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...
KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...
QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE
1204 AM EST SAT DEC 7 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING ROANOKE...
LYNCHBURG AND DANVILLE. SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING
LEWISBURG AND BLUEFIELD. NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING
THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF BOONE...MOUNT AIRY AND REIDSVILLE.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. SOME SNOW OR SLEET LIKELY AT THE
ONSET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH.
UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
HIGHLANDS NORTH OF ROANOKE. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AREAWIDE...WITH UP TO A HALF INCH OF
ICE ACCUMULATING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.

* TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTH CAROLINA
HIGH COUNTRY...SPREADING NORTH INTO VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES
CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ROADS MAY ALSO BECOME SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ROANOKE WHERE TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COLDER AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR.

* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

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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