Sunday, January 11, 2015

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY - NWS CHARLESTON WV



FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
353 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015

ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON...
WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...
ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE
353 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND THE MID OHIO VALLEY
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

* IMPACTS...A THIN FILM OF ICE COULD FORM ON UNTREATED ROADS...
SIDEWALKS...AND VEHICLES. SURFACES THAT APPEAR WET MAY BE ICY.
DUE TO THE RECENT COLD WAVES...SOME SURFACES MAY BECOME ICY EVEN
WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING.

* TEMPERATURES...30 TO 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING
RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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