NWS Winter Weather Advisory (Watauga County)

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Winter Weather Advisory issued January 18 at 5:20AM EST until January 18 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Blacksburg

...Winter mix this morning, changing to rain this afternoon... .Low pressure tracking from the Mississippi Valley into the Great lakes will bring precipitation into the region today from west to east. Temperatures will be cold enough for freezing rain and sleet as the precipitation begins along the southern Blue Ridge and over parts of the Greenbrier Valley, Alleghany Highlands and southern Shenadoah Valley. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Freezing rain changing to rain. Possibly mixed with sleet. Ice accumulations from a light glaze to less than one tenth of an inch. * WHERE...Southeast West Virginia, as well as the mountains and foothills of northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Very slippery sidewalks, roads and bridges are possible.

Counties Affected:
Alleghany; Ashe; Surry; Watauga; Wilkes

Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)
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