NWS Freezing Rain Advisory (Wilkes County)

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Freezing Rain Advisory issued December 08 at 11:27PM EST until December 09 at 4:00AM EST by NWS Blacksburg

...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING... A SHALLOW WEDGE OF ARCTIC AIR REMAINS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION EAST OF THE APPALACHIAN DIVIDE. MEANWHILE...A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE MID-SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. THE AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE IS WELL ABOVE FREEZING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN FALLING INTO THE COLD...BELOW FREEZING AIR MASS PRESENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AND CONSEQUENTLY RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF THE FREEZING RAIN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE UP TO 1/4 INCH ARE EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT. ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT...CHANGING TO RAIN AROUND DAYBREAK. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES. UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * TEMPERATURES...NEAR STEADY BETWEEN 30 AND 34 THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

Counties Affected:
Surry; Wilkes

Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)
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