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Winter Storm Warning
Alert:
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ADDITIONAL WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA....FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...AND
THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION STARTING FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...
WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. IN
ADDITION... ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE AREAS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS. IN THE VALLEY...
PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN ON FRIDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING
TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY...

* EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES
COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN... AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BECOME THE
DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK
OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY
TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!

Instructions:

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.