WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
442 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-
FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-
HAMPSHIRE-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN MINERAL-
WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CUMBERLAND…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…
HARRISONBURG…WINCHESTER…FRONT ROYAL…CHARLOTTESVILLE…
WASHINGTON…WARRENTON…HIGHTOWN…MONTEREY…MOOREFIELD…
BAYARD…MOUNT STORM…PETERSBURG…KEYSER…FORT ASHBY…
CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
442 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY…
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 1000 FEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A TENTH INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND UP TO 1 INCH OF
ADDITIONAL SLEET….PRIMARILY ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS.
* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS….WITH
RAIN BELOW 1000 FEET.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S.
* WINDS…SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
* IMPACTS…ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE ICE ACCUMULATION…
ESPECIALLY ACROSS ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
