THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY.
* LOCATIONS...GREENBRIER VALLEY...ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS AND NEW RIVER VALLEY.
* HAZARD TYPES...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. TRAVELING WILL BE DANGEROUS DURING THIS TIME. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE-MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW SUNDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA|...ALONG WITH A TRACE TO UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER AND MID 20S...THEN CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 30S SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
