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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1134 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

VAZ013-014-017-022>024-032>035-081945-
PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-
FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...
FLOYD...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...
STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST
1134 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTH
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 4 PM. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND
POWERLINES AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ICE
UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.


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NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ012-015-016-081945-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-WYTHE-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX
1134 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND RAIN WILL SPREAD
NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 3 PM. AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE ESPECIALLY ALONG I77. DRIVERS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DENSE FOG. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.


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VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-081945-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...
HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...
LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE
1134 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD
NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 4 PM. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...ICE AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE.


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VAZ010-011-018-081945-
BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...PEARISBURG...NEW CASTLE
1134 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD
NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 4 PM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ICE AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS
ESPECIALLY ALONG ROUTE 311 AND HIGHWAY 42.



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VAZ007-009-081945-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION
1134 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON
TREES AND POWERLINES AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. ROADS MAY BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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NCZ004>006-VAZ043>047-058-059-081945-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-
BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...
MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...
KEYSVILLE
1134 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...A

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH 4 PM. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY BE POSSIBLE.
ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND MAY CAUSE
POWER OUTAGES. ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. |

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