NWS warns winter storm moving toward Shenandoah Valley to hit Sunday

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
243 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2014  
  
 
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-WESTERN HIGHLAND-  
EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...  
CHARLOTTESVILLE...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN  243 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2014  
  
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM EDT  
MONDAY...  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS  
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2  
PM SUNDAY TO 2 PM EDT MONDAY.  
  
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW  
  
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST ACROSS THE  
  MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET.   
  
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION MAY START OFF AS RAIN OR RAIN AND SNOW  
  MIXED ACROSS THE VALLEYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANY MIXED  
  PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET WITH THE  
  HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING LATE SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY  
  MORNING.  
  
* TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S EARLY SUNDAY  
  AFTERNOON...DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S SUNDAY NIGHT.  
  HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30S.   
  
* WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.   
  
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL  
  WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET SUNDAY WHEN  
  TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE  
  THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH MONDAY INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.   
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST  
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF  
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN  
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.