Icy and Wet Roads Cause Problems - February 12

Tuesday 12, 2008- Ice has formed on many roads in Augusta County this evening and has caused many car wrecks. This wreck happened in Waynesboro this afternoon on Hopeman Parkway . Many of the back roads are slick with ice and the interstates have ice on them also.

Photo/Story Nathan Combs


NOAA Hazardous Weather Outlook





HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
712 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051-
WVZ050>055-501>504-131000-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
712 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE EXCEPT FOR NELSON COUNTY VIRGINIA WHICH IS UNDER A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALL LOCATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ALSO
FALL UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PLEASE REFER TO WBCWSWLWX
/WWUS41/ FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONE OR
TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED...BUT ICE REPORTS WOULD
BE APPRECIATED.





Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
643 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

MDZ003-018-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036-057-WVZ050>055-501>504-
130400-
/O.CON.KLWX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080213T1200Z/
WASHINGTON-CALVERT-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-
SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-KING GEORGE-
HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-
EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...
STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...
MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...BAYARD...PETERSBURG...EMORYVILLE...
HARTMANSVILLE...KEYSER...FORT ASHBY
643 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM
SOUTHEAST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. UNDERNEATH THE
PRECIPITATION...THE GROUND AND THE AIR JUST ABOVE IT IS STILL
BELOW FREEZING. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. THESE AMOUNTS MAY
CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

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

Forecast
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Waynesboro&state=VA&site=LWX&textField1=38.0695&textField2=-78.9026