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April 2013 OBS


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Winter Storm Warning


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

602 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013

...WINTERS LAST GASP TO CREATE TRAVEL HEADACHES THROUGH THIS

EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF COAST STATES WILL MOVE INTO

THE CAROLINAS THIS EVENING AND OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST OVERNIGHT.

THE COLD AND DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE HAS ALLOWED PRECIPITATION TO

MOVE IN AS SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE WARMER

GROUND...INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO

CAUSE SLICK SPOTS AROUND THE AREA...WITH MOST ACCUMULATION

OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT WARMER AIR TO CHANGE THE

PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN BY EARLY EVENING.

VAZ010>014-017-018-022-023-050400-

/O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130405T0400Z/

BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-

BOTETOURT-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...

RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...ROANOKE...

SALEM...FINCASTLE

602 PM EDT THU APR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* TIMING...THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS.

* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET

WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS

AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AT [email protected] OR AT

PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW

ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN

EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...

AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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Temp dropped to 35 this afternoon. Sleet mixed with heavy rain continued all day here five miles north of Lake Lure. At 5 p.m. I drove 25 minutes west, and this is what I found along the ridges above 2,700 feet.

Impressive pics there MM. Thanks for sharing them. Very wild for April 4

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