NWS Bulletin

OHZ075-076-084-085-WVZ009>011-011815-
/O.EXT.KRLX.WS.A.0006.140302T1000Z-140303T1800Z/
ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATHENS…MARIETTA…BELPRE…MCARTHUR…
HAMDEN…PARKERSBURG…VIENNA…ST. MARYS…BELMONT…
PADEN CITY…SISTERSVILLE…MIDDLEBOURNE
505 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014

…WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON…

* LOCATIONS…ATHENS…WASHINGTON…VINTON…MEIGS COUNTIES
IN OHIO…PLUS PLEASANTS…TYLER…AND WOOD IN WEST VIRGINIA.

* HAZARD TYPES…FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…TO SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS…THE POSSIBILITY OF OF MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH
OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN…WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 4 INCHES
OR MORE OF SNOW AND SLEET.

* TIMING…STARTING SUNDAY MORNING…PEAKING SUNDAY NIGHT…THEN
DIMINISHING ON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS…UNTREATED SURFACES…INCLUDING BOTH ROADS AND
WALKWAYS…COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS. ICE AND OR WET SNOW CAN
ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES…CAUSING POWER
INTERRUPTIONS. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE
AFFECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

IF THE THREAT OF SEVERE WINTER WEATHER INCREASES…A WARNING
WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES. MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THIS WEEKEND.

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