FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING....(Bland, Giles, Wythe, Mercer, Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier) TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S ACROSS THE REGION AT 5PM. SEVERAL LOCATIONS WERE ALREADY REPORTING LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...RAILINGS AND POWER LINES. NOW THAT THE SUN HAS SET...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS A WIDER AREA. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP A LAYER OF ICE. THE ICE MAY BE THICK ENOUGH TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:08:48 +0000
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