The National Weather Service in Blacksburg, VA has issued the following severe weather warning.....
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS REPLACED THE WINTERSTORM WATCH WITH AN ICE STORM WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON FRIDAY. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTEDTO BE AT OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THEWARNED AREA POSSIBLY UNTIL MID MORNING ON FRIDAY. ICE ACCRETIONS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Severe Weather Alert for Roanoke Valley
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Watch the NWS radar as the winter storm moves into the Valley. Will we get the predicted ice and how much is yet to be seen. The difference of a couple of degrees will make that determination.
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=fcx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no
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