3 products issued by NWS for: Roanoke VA
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. VAZ010-011-013-014-018>020-022>024-035-WVZ044-101000- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ BLAND-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...PULASKI...RADFORD... BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...AMHERST...UNION 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT MAINLY LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. * UP TO 1 ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE POSSIBLE. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATER TONIGHT WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AROUND ZERO...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1000 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 VAZ010-011-013-014-018>020-022>024-035-WVZ044-110300- BLAND-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-MONROE- 1000 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$
High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$