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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
425 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009

...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT HIGHEST ELEVATIONS TO 
CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...

.A STRONG SURGE OF COLD AIR FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS COMBINED WITH
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GREAT LAKES
WILL BRING A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE HIGHER WEST FACING 
SLOPES THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE 
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

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MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLAT TOP...DUO
425 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING 
ABOVE 3000 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 
PM EST THIS EVENING. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...LASTING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
MAINLY ON WEST FACING SLOPES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. TOTAL 
ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE DAY FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 
2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...WIND 
GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND 
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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