Event: Winter Weather Advisory
Sender Name: NWS Wakefield VA
Issued: 2015-02-28T15:17:25-05:00
Expires: 2015-02-28T23:30:00-05:00
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY.
* AREAS AFFECTED: PIEDMONT IN CENTRAL VIRIGNIA.
* HAZARDS: SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATION ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. ICE
ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* TEMPERATURES: STARTING IN THE MID 20S EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING…THEN RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S BY LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET BECOMING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
SUNDAY MORNING…POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO ICE COVERED ROADS…BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGESA AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ARE
POSSIBLE DUE TO THE ICE.
Instruction: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Powhatan; Prince Edward; Goochland; Fluvanna; Cumberland; Louisa; Caroline; Hanover
Message Identifier: NWS-141029-743414-722413
CAP MessageType: Alert