Winter Weather Statement
Statement as of 9:56 AM EDT on March 19, 2014
…Winter Weather Advisory is cancelled…
The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington has
cancelled the Winter Weather Advisory.
Temperatures are slowly rising above freezing across the central
Blue Ridge.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
821 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-
FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-
EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAGERSTOWN…FREDERICK…FROSTBURG…
CUMBERLAND…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…WINCHESTER…
FRONT ROYAL…CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…LEESBURG…
WARRENTON…HIGHTOWN…MONTEREY…MARTINSBURG…CHARLES TOWN…
MOOREFIELD…BAYARD…MOUNT STORM…PETERSBURG…ELK GARDEN…
KEYSER…FORT ASHBY…CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
821 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY…
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING…DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT…AND AFFECTING THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE
NOON.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S.
* WINDS…EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
* IMPACTS…UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
333 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-
GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-
CAMPBELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST JEFFERSON…SPARTA…DOBSON…
BOONE…WILKESBORO…PEARISBURG…RADFORD…PULASKI…
BLACKSBURG…INDEPENDENCE…WHITETOP…TROUTDALE…VOLNEY…
GALAX…FLOYD…NEW CASTLE…CLIFTON FORGE…COVINGTON…
HOT SPRINGS…ROANOKE…SALEM…FINCASTLE…LEXINGTON…
BUENA VISTA…STUART…ROCKY MOUNT…BEDFORD…AMHERST…
MARTINSVILLE…DANVILLE…LYNCHBURG
333 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE…WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* LOCATIONS…ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
* HAZARD TYPES…FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE.
* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…LIGHT ICING MAY PRODUCE A SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON
ELEVATED SURFACES AS WELL AS OVERPASSES.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
