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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
611 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015

.WEATHER SUMMARY...
HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...AS
WELL AS THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA...
WHERE 1 TO CLOSE TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED. THIS HEAVY
RAIN...COMBINED WITH SNOWMELT...CAUSED SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS
ACROSS THE AREA TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING CLOSED ROADS
IN A FEW LOCATIONS...AND CAUSED MUDSLIDES IN OTHERS. WEDNESDAY
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL...RANGING FROM
THE UPPER 40S NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64...TO THE LOW 70S ACROSS
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.FORECAST SUMMARY...
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM PASSES ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...RADIATING MOISTURE ACROSS THE
MID ATLANTIC...WHERE IT WILL INTERACT WITH ARCTIC AIR BUILDING IN
FROM THE WEST. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
THROUGH THE MORNING...AND THEN TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE
INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR...WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE
EXPECTED. 1 TO 4 INCHES SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED
FURTHER SOUTH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BEFORE SUNRISE...WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE DAY AS ARCTIC AIR BUILDS IN.

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