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HIDESpecial Weather Statement issued February 08 at 8:23PM EST by NWS Blacksburg
...SLICK SPOTS POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT...
THE COMBINATION OF VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY MAKE FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS ON
AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
AND NEAR BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEEING
A COATING OF SNOW AND ICE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN
ADDITION...AREAS THAT SAW MELTING OF SNOW FROM EARLIER TODAY WILL
ALSO BE MORE PRONE TO SEE SPOTTY BLACK ICE DEVELOP. MOTORISTS
PLANNING TO TRAVEL OVERNIGHT SHOULD USE CAUTION...AND REMAIN ALERT
FOR SLICK SPOTS ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
Counties Affected:
Ashe; Watauga
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (East Central Virginia - Blacksburg)
HIDE HIDESpecial Weather Statement issued February 08 at 8:23PM EST by NWS Blacksburg
...SLICK SPOTS POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT...
THE COMBINATION OF VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING MAY MAKE FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS ON
AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
AND NEAR BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEEING
A COATING OF SNOW AND ICE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN
ADDITION...AREAS THAT SAW MELTING OF SNOW FROM EARLIER TODAY WILL
ALSO BE MORE PRONE TO SEE SPOTTY BLACK ICE DEVELOP. MOTORISTS
PLANNING TO TRAVEL OVERNIGHT SHOULD USE CAUTION...AND REMAIN ALERT
FOR SLICK SPOTS ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
Counties Affected:
Ashe; Watauga
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (East Central Virginia - Blacksburg)
HIDE Photo for February 7, 2012
Ring Around the Moonlight. Taken around 8:30 Friday night just off the Parkway east of Blowing Rock.
Photo by: John Marshall
