Late evening update on the latest snowfall forecast from the NWS and their text on the Winter Storm Warning:
Winter Storm Warning Text:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 551 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 VAZ065-066-070-071-079-080-121200- /O.CON.KAKQ.WS.W.0003.140212T1800Z-140214T0000Z/ MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HILL...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE 551 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND SLEET...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR EARLY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 95. A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE CAN LEAD TO SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS IT ACCUMULATES ON ROADWAYS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AND WET...AND MAY WEIGH DOWN ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$