The repairs we made late Monday night as planned in about 20 minutes.
Wintergreen Resort & CVEC Territories
Nelson County, VA
Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Chief Curtis Sheets notified BRL late Monday that critical repairs are being made to the Dominion Power infrastructure tonight at 10PM. “Dominion tells us this should take about an hour and lights should be back on around. 11pm, Chief Sheets said.
Additionally CVEC says the following:
“Via CVEC:
Dominion Power Planned Outage to Affect 7100 CVEC Members
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative has been notified that Dominion Virginia Power has scheduled a planned outage for this evening in order to take corrective action at their Doom Substation in Augusta County. The planned outage is scheduled to begin at or around 10:00 p.m. this evening and the corrective action is designed to prevent a reoccurrence of the extended outage that affected 7100 CVEC members on Saturday morning and early afternoon.
Dominion officials estimate that the repair work will take at least 30 minutes, followed by a period to allow the gradual and orderly restoration of service throughout the CVEC distribution lines. The same CVEC members who experienced the outage on Saturday will be subject to the planned outage this evening. They include the members served by the following substations: Midway (near Crozet), Martins Store (near Nellysford, serving 4000 member from Afton to Shipman) and two Wintergreen Mountain substations that serve more than 2400 members.
CVEC members do not need to notify the Cooperative since the cause of the outage is known and isolated to the Dominion substation. CVEC does advise members to turn off appliances and electric heating system, to assist with “cold load pickup” the period where power restoration places a burden on the distribution system. Once power is restored, members should gradually turn on appliances over the period of 30-60 minutes.”
Wind Chill Warnings and advisories are up across much of the area overnight Monday into Tuesday. Click on the image above for absolute latest updates from NWS,
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
539 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-
ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-
ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-
HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-EASTERN GRANT-
EASTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAGERSTOWN…FREDERICK…CUMBERLAND…
STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…WINCHESTER…FRONT ROYAL…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…LEESBURG…WARRENTON…
MARTINSBURG…CHARLES TOWN…MOOREFIELD…PETERSBURG…KEYSER…
FORT ASHBY
539 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT…
* WIND CHILL…5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO…CLOSER TO 20 BELOW AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND RIDGELINES.
* TIMING…WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS RANGE
FOR MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES…10 TO 15…SINGLE DIGITS FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* WINDS…WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH…GUSTS TO
40 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS EASE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS…SUBZERO WIND CHILLS COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
Screengrab courtesy of CBS-19 Charlotesville: Nelson Commonwealth Attorney Anthony Martin announces that a grand jury has returned an indictment of first degree murder against Randy Taylor in the Alexis Murphy case.
Lovingston
Nelson County, VA
During a 10 AM press conference held in Lovingston, Virginia about a mile from where missing Nelson County teen Alexis Murphy was last seen August 3, 2013 at the Liberty Market, Nelson’s Commonwealth Attorney Anthony Martin announced that a grand jury has indicted Randy Allen Taylor for murder in that case.
You can watch the entire press conference via our media partners at CBS-19 The Newsplex – by clicking on the image above.
Here’s the official release from CA Martin’s office, verbatim:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: January 6, 2014
RE: Alexis Murphy case
FROM: ANTHONY MARTIN, COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY
CONTACT: 434-263-7010
ON AUGUST 3, 2013, 17 YEAR OLD ALEXIS MURPHY OF SHIPMAN, VA WENT MISSING.
THE NELSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE & THE FBI LAUNCHED A JOINT INVESTIGATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF RANDY ALLEN TAYLOR WHO WAS CHARGED WITH THE ABDUCTION OF ALEXIS MURPHY ON AUGUST 11TH.
TAYLOR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED IN NOVEMBER 2013 WITH LARCENY OF A 4-WHEELER WHICH WAS UNRELATED TO THE ALEXIS MURPHY CASE.
BOTH OF THOSE MATTERS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR TRIALS NEXT MONTH IN THE NELSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
IN THE MEANTIME, A SPECIAL GRAND JURY WAS IMPANELLED AT MY REQUEST TO HEAR EVIDENCE AND TO CONSIDER INDICTMENTS THAT I PREPARED REGARDING THE ALEXIS MURPHY CASE.
AFTER THE EVIDENCE WAS PRESENTED TO THE SPECIAL GRAND JURY LAST THURSDAY, JAN. 2ND, RANDY ALLEN TAYLOR HAS BEEN INDICTED ON THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES:
• FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF ALEXIS MURPHY.
• FIRST DEGREE FELONY MURDER, I.E. MURDER OF ALEXIS MURPHY DURING THE COMMISSION OF ABDUCTION;
• ABDUCTION OF ALEXIS MURPHY WITH INTENT TO DEFILE; AND
• ANOTHER UNRELATED GRAND LARCENY CHARGE.
THE RETURN OF INDICTMENTS ONLY MEANS THAT THE GRAND JURY FOUND THAT PROBABLE CAUSE EXISTS FOR THE CHARGES I MENTIONED AND THAT RANDY TAYLOR SHOULD GO ON TRIAL FOR THOSE CHARGES.
THE DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
THE DEFENDANT WILL APPEAR IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THIS AFTERNOON AT 3:00 P.M. WHERE HE WILL BE SERVED WITH THE NEW INDICTMENTS.
THAT IS ALL THAT I AM ABLE TO STATE AT THIS TIME UNTIL THE HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU.
Photo via FBI Richmond: Randy Allen Taylor of Nelson County has been indicted for murder in the case involving missing teen Alexis Murphy.
Brutally cold temperatures are on the way for the Central Virginia Blue Ridge Area overnight Monday into Tuesday. Click on image for the absolute latest updates. Additional advisories adding more counties is expected.
-WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
331 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-PAGE-HARDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…
MOOREFIELD
331 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING…
* WIND CHILL…AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES…WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS MONDAY AFTERNOON
FALLING TO ZERO TO TEN BELOW MONDAY NIGHT AND SINGLE DIGITS
AGAIN TUESDAY.
* WINDS…WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS…DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS COULD THEN LEAD TO
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A
COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
408 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING…
.AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO
THE MOUNTAINS EARLY MONDAY MORNING…BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY…THIS
FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID AIRMASS…THAT WILL BRING
BITTER COLD…AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY.
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DOBSON…DANBURY…EDEN…YANCEYVILLE…
WILKESBORO…YADKINVILLE…STUART…ROCKY MOUNT…BEDFORD…
AMHERST…MARTINSVILLE…DANVILLE…LYNCHBURG…APPOMATTOX…
SOUTH BOSTON…KEYSVILLE
408 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM
EST TUESDAY…
* LOCATIONS…SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA…INCLUDING LYNCHBURG…
MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE.
* HAZARD TYPES…BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS BY
MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING…BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARRIVING
EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY…AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN.
* WIND CHILL…AS LOW AS 12 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO
TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO…AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
Many areas across the Blue Ridge are under a freezing rain advisory until 3PM Sunday afternoon. Wind Chill Advisories go into effect Monday evening.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1141 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…CULPEPER
1141 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON…
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES…RISING INTO THE MIDDLE 30S.
* WINDS…LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
* IMPACTS…A COLD GROUND AND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW
FREEZING WILL ALLOW RAIN TO FREEZE ON CONTACT THIS MORNING…
PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1141 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-PAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG
1141 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON…
…WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING…
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* TIMING…FREEZING CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE
CHANGING TO RAIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND
CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.
* WIND CHILL…AS LOW AS 20 BELOW MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES…SLOWLY RISING INTO THE MIDDLE 30S THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT ZERO TO FIVE ABOVE AND IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS TUESDAY.
* WINDS…LIGHT AND VARIABLE. WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS…A COLD GROUND AND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW
FREEZING WILL ALLOW RAIN TO FREEZE ON CONTACT THIS MORNING…
PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS
COULD THEN LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A
COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE IN COLDER VALLEYS THROUGH NOON TODAY…
…BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING…
.A WEAK WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH WILL KEEP SPREADING SOME VERY
LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TODAY…MAINLY EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE. SOME TEMPERATURES IN COLDER MOUNTAINS
VALLEYS…GENERALLY NORTH OF U.S. 460…AS WELL AS IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT…WILL REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING
THROUGH ABOUT NOON TODAY. SOME GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO STILL
BE BELOW FREEZING. THEREFORE LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ON SOME ROADS
AND SIDE WALKS IS STILL LIKELY THROUGH ABOUT NOON IN THESE AREAS.
AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS
TO THE MOUNTAINS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY…BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY…THIS FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID
AIRMASS…THAT WILL BRING BITTER COLD…AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE–
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BLACKSBURG…NEW CASTLE…
CLIFTON FORGE…COVINGTON…HOT SPRINGS…ROANOKE…SALEM…
FINCASTLE…LEXINGTON…BUENA VISTA
1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY…
…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM
EST TUESDAY…
* LOCATIONS…FROM THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS SOUTH TO THE NEW RIVER
AND ROANOKE VALLEYS.
* HAZARD TYPES…LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN COLDER
VALLEYS THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. DANGEROUS COLD MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE.
* TIMING…FREEZING DRIZZLE THE REMAINDER OF THIS
MORNING…CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON SUNDAY. BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES ARRIVING MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR A COATING OF
ICE TO STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THIS MORNING…
WHICH COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. SEVERE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN
WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…AND WILL BE A DANGER TO
EXPOSED SKIN.
* WINDS…WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* WIND CHILL…AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO
TEMPERATURES 7 BELOW ZERO…AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
&&
$$
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE IN COLDER VALLEYS THROUGH NOON TODAY…
…BITTER COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY WITH DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING…
.A WEAK WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH WILL KEEP SPREADING SOME VERY
LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TODAY…MAINLY EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE. SOME TEMPERATURES IN COLDER MOUNTAINS
VALLEYS…GENERALLY NORTH OF U.S. 460…AS WELL AS IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT…WILL REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING
THROUGH ABOUT NOON TODAY. SOME GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO STILL
BE BELOW FREEZING. THEREFORE LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ON SOME ROADS
AND SIDE WALKS IS STILL LIKELY THROUGH ABOUT NOON IN THESE AREAS.
AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS
TO THE MOUNTAINS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY…BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY…THIS FRONT WILL BE THE TRANSITION TO A FRIGID
AIRMASS…THAT WILL BRING BITTER COLD…AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STUART…ROCKY MOUNT…BEDFORD…
AMHERST…MARTINSVILLE…DANVILLE…LYNCHBURG…APPOMATTOX…
SOUTH BOSTON…KEYSVILLE
1019 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY…
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM
EST TUESDAY…
* LOCATIONS…SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA…INCLUDING LYNCHBURG…
MARTINSVILLE AND DANVILLE.
* HAZARD TYPES…LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. THEN
BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE.
* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN LASTING THROUGH NOON TODAY. THEN BITTER
COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARRIVING EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW ICE TO STICK TO
UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS…WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. SEVERE
COLD MAY RESULT IN FROZEN WATER PIPES MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY…AND WILL BE A DANGER TO EXPOSED SKIN.
* WIND CHILL…AS LOW AS 12 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO
TEMPERATURES 2 ABOVE ZERO…AND WINDS WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
Just before 2PM power began coming back on for portions of the area. But we are getting reports of power still out in Waynesboro and the surrounding area.
More updates soon.
Update: 10:05 AM We just hung up with Dan Genest, media relations from Dominion Power:
“We had a small fire at our Dooms Substation north of Waynesboro in Augusta County. Out 1st and 2nd bus has been affected at the station. This affects roughly 19,000 Dominion Power customers and an additional 13,000 electric cooperative customers as well. Our crews are working to restore the electric bus that was damaged and get power back on. It may be several hours. We are asking that everyone affected, please help us. Turn off all appliances, and all lights except just one. Please turn your heat pumps off. We ask this so that when power is restored the load to our circuits is not overwhelming as we come back online.”
However in this Staunton News Leader Update, Genest also said it could talk longer:
““We are hoping to get things back on some time today,” he added, but he said that was not definite.”
More shortly.
Update: 9:55 AM
BRL has been trying to reach media relations people with Dominion Power. No one has returned our calls after several attempt. However Nelson County’s Emergency Service Director, Jaime Miller has been able to get some official word from Dominion, “They had a “violent failure”. Crews are on site and said restoration should be in 2-3 hours before they could get the load back to our lines,” Jaime told us late Saturday morning.
A major power outage has hit the area on one of the coldest mornings of the year so far. “This is definitely not a CVEC related problem, though we have thousands of customers affected because our main feeder from Brents Gap north, Dominion Power, is having some sort of issue.” Greg Kelly with CVEC told us early Saturday morning.
“CVEC has more than 6100 members without power due to the Dominion transmission line issue. The following substations are not receiving power from the transmission system: Midway, Martins Store, Laurel Springs, Wintergreen. CVEC is awaiting repairs by Dominion. Members do not need to report an outage since the issue is on the transmission line.”
BRL has receiving unconfirmed reports of a transformer fire in Doom and a Crimora substation being down. We are awaiting official confirmation on that.
Image courtesy of Wundergroud.com – Some of the coldest temperature since January 1994 are on the way early next week.
Central Virginia Blue Ridge
Some of the absolute coldest temperatures not seen for 20 years will arrive early next week, Monday night into Tuesday morning. As shown in the wunderground.com map above, readings of 0° to -5° below are likely in the flatlands of Central Virginia while temps of -10° are possible in the mountainous areas of the Blue Ridge in places like Montebello, Wintergreen, Big Meadows, and other areas along the BRP & Skyline Drive.
The recent bout of extremely cold temps (pardon the pun) are just a warmup for the real act to follow Monday night.
I talk more about that in my weekend weather audiocast playing above.
Photos Courtesy of AirCare5 – Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
Weyers Cave
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
As expected, light snow began falling across the area on Thursday afternoon and evening. Accumulations overall are minor, but with plummeting temps, some roads did get a covering of snow and or ice. By far the greater amounts were north & west of Nelson, where we are based. The folks over at AirCare5 posted the pic above to their Facebook Page late Thursday afternoon.
The bigger story, brutally cold temps and high winds on the way for Friday and Friday Night. We warm up briefly into the weekend, then back to the deep freeze early next week.
I talk more about it in my Friday morning audio weathercast below, playing now.
