Winter Storm Watch/ Virginia

Areas affected: Accomack, VA; Gloucester, VA; James City, VA; Mathews, VA; Middlesex, VA; Northampton, VA; Williamsburg City, VA
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
 1011 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014
 VAZ084-086-090-099-100-202315-
/O.EXA.KAKQ.WS.A.0001.140121T1100Z-140122T0500Z/

GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSBURG...CHINCOTEAGUE...
 WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE
 1011 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
 TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
 STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
 TUESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: PORTIONS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND THE VIRGINIA
 EASTERN SHORE.
 * HAZARDS: SNOW. 

 * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW
 ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

 * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
 AROUND 30 MPH EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

 * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY...
 CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST
 SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.

 * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL COULD CAUSE PERIODS OF HAZARDOUS
 TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
 SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

Expiring: 01/22/2014 12:00am