NWS Winter Weather Advisory (Ashe County)

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Winter Weather Advisory issued February 28 at 3:16PM EST until March 01 at 5:00PM EST by NWS Blacksburg

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEDGE SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE FROM THE EASTERLY FLOW TO RESULT IN A WINTRY MIXTURE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...TAZEWELL...SMYTH AND GRAYSON COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO 5 PM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...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. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...CLIMBING INTO THE MID 30S SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

Counties Affected:
Alleghany; Ashe; Watauga

Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)
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