Nelson County, Virginia
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 210 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 VAZ021-025>027-029-030-036>040-050-051-WVZ054-055-501-502-050315- /O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0006.100205T1100Z-100207T0300Z/ HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER-PENDLETON- HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG... FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...WASHINGTON...CULPEPER...BAYARD... PETERSBURG 210 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 28 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNRISE SATURDAY. * VISIBILITIES...HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE- QUARTER MILE AT TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS AROUND 30 FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS IN THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPARABLE TO THOSE IN THE STORM OF 19 DECEMBER. PLAN FOR SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT.
