March 1, 2015: Ice to Rain?

NWS Forecast, 3/1/2015
NWS Forecast, 3/1/2015
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
532 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2015

VAZ070>076-079-080-083-011845-
/O.CON.KAKQ.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150301T2100Z/
CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-NEW KENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...
TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE
532 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.

* HAZARDS: PRIMARILY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. A TRACE TO LESS
  THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION.

* TEMPERATURES: STARTING IN THE MID 20S EARLY THIS MORNING...
  THEN RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET BECOMING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  LATER THIS MORNING...THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO ICE COVERED ROADS...BRIDGES
  AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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