URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA THU JAN 21 2016

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
THU JAN 21 2016

...THREAT CONTINUES FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

WICOMICO-SOMERSET-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-NORTHUMBERLAND-
LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-
MIDDLESEX-EASTERN CHESTERFIELD-EASTERN HENRICO-
EASTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-EASTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...PRINCESS ANNE...
SOUTH HILL...CREWE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...
CHESTERFIELD...CHESTER...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...SANDSTON...
KING WILLIAM...WEST POINT...KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...
DUNNSVILLE
THU JAN 21 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* AREAS AFFECTED: SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA...
  AND WICOMICO AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN LOWER SOUTHEAST MARYLAND.

* HAZARDS: SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE
  EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
  GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. UP ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
  OF ICE IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

* TEMPERATURES: RISING INTO THE MID 30S TO UPPER 30S LATE FRIDAY
  AND REMAINING NEARLY STEADY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH
  AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY FRIDAY NIGHT AND
  SATURDAY.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND
  MIDDAY...GRADUALLY MIXING WITH SLEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE
  EVENING. PERIODS OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND EVEN PLAIN RAIN
  ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A CHANGE BACK TO A
  PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
  TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACTED FRIDAY INTO
  SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.