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Your Local Weather / Re: Norfolk and the Hampton Roads Area
« on: January 30, 2010, 07:02:32 PM »Quote
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
404 PM EST SAT JAN 30 2010
NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065-079-087>089-091>098-100-310515-
/O.CON.KAKQ.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100131T0600Z/
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-MECKLENBURG-
BRUNSWICK-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
VIRGINIA BEACH-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE...
ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...SOUTH HILL...LAWRENCEVILLE...
EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...
HAMPTON...EASTVILLE
404 PM EST SAT JAN 30 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY.
LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AND
IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE COAST OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL
CARRY THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION AWAY FROM THE COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME WARMER AIR BOTH ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE IN
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...HAS CHANGED THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO
A SNOW SLEET MIX...AND EVEN STRAIGHT RAIN IN ELIZABETH CITY. BUT
AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE COAST...THE COLDER AIR WILL SPILL
BACK INTO THE REGION AND WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO MOVE
THROUGH TONIGHT...SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THIS
COULD AGAIN CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME ICY...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE
UNTREATED.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL AVERAGE 8 TO
14 INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM EMPORIA TO WAKEFIELD AND
WILLIAMSBURG. SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE LESSER SNOW TOTALS OF 5
TO 10 ARE EXPECTED. NEAR ALBEMARLE SOUND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS
ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY
SNOW AND/OR SLEET AND ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH
TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS
UNAVOIDABLE
Whoo
, but it's kinda odd to see Heather on this late......