Monday, January 27, 2014

WINTER STORM WATCH / VIRGINIA

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA
 403 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014


...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST
 WEDNESDAY...

 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
 STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO
 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

 * AREAS AFFECTED: VIRGINIA LOWER EASTERN SHORE.

 * HAZARDS: SNOW.

 * ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES.

 * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
 THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
 SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT.

 * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY DUE TO
 TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.

 TRAVEL
 CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT
 DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL.

 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 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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