NWS Winter Weather Advisory (Watauga County)

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Winter Weather Advisory issued March 04 at 2:02PM EST until March 05 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Blacksburg

...RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW WILL BRING SLICK TRAVEL OVER MUCH OF THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC FRONT EXITS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING THEN COLDER AIR WILL BE CHANGING ANY RAIN TO SLEET...THEN SNOW AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE WINTRY WEATHER WILL MAKE IT EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AFTER DAWN...BUT MAY NOT REACH PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT UNTIL AFTER MIDDAY. SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE TRANSITION. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER VALLEY...SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 81. LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN ISOLATED AREAS. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW BETWEEN DAWN AND MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 THURSDAY.

Counties Affected:
Alleghany; Ashe; Watauga

Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)
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