111 WWUS81 KAKQ 070050 SPSAKQ NCZ013>017-031-032-102-VAZ088>098-070145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 747 PM EST MON JAN 6 2003 ...HEAVY WET SNOW REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF HAMPTON ROADS... LOCAL MEDIA AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAVE REPORTED THAT RAIN HAS CHANGED TO HEAVY WET SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF HAMPTON ROADS...INCLUDING NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF AND END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 11 PM TONIGHT...WITH A SLUSHY INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON CARS AND GRASSY AREAS. THERE MAY BE A FEW SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AS WELL...IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$ REILLY  000 WWUS81 KPBZ 070121 SPSPBZ OHZ040-041-049-050-059-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032- WVZ001>004-012-021-022-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 820 PM EST MON JAN 6 2003 ...WINTER WEATHER UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH EXPECTS SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. BEWARE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...AS SOME COMMUNITIES CAN QUICKLY GET AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.  865 WWUS81 KPBZ 070312 SPSPBZ PAZ013-014-020-021-029-030-032-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1010 PM EST MON JAN 6 2003 ...WINTER WEATHER UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS...ORIGINATING FROM LAKE HURON...WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE PITTSBURGH AREA UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. BEWARE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND SUDDENLY POOR VISIBILITIES. A QUICK INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN OCCUR. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH SAYS OTHER LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA CAN BE AFFECTED BY THIS NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED BAND. THESE INCLUDE EASTERN PARTS OF LAWRENCE BEAVER AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 11:00 PM...AND PARTS OF BUTLER WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR 1:00 AM.  000 WWUS82 KMHX 070611 SPSMHX NCZ103-104-070800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1254 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 12 NEAR HATTERAS... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CAUSING MINOR SOUNDSIDE FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 12 FROM FRISCO PIER TO HATTERAS VILLAGE. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS MORNING AND THE MINOR FLOODING WILL SLOWLY RECEDE. WATER LEVELS ON THE SOUND SIDE OF HATTERAS AND OCRACOKE WILL REMAIN ABOUT 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS CAUSING SOME MINOR FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION OVER THE SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS. BE SURE TO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS WHEN APPROACHING WATER ON THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAN HYDROPLANE IN LESS THAN AN INCH OF WATER. $$ JO  000 WWUS82 KMHX 070608 SPSMHX NCZ103-104-070800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1254 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 12 NEAR HATTERAS... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH ARA CAUSING MINOR SOUNDSIDE FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 12 FROM FRISCO PIER TO HATTERAS VILLAGE. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS MORNING AND THE MINOR FLOODING WILL SLOWLY RECEDE. WATER LEVELS ON THE SOUND SIDE OF HATTERAS AND OCRACOKE WILL REMAIN ABOUT 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS CAUSING SOME MINOR FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION OVER THE SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS. BE SURE TO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS WHEN APPROACHING WATER ON THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAN HYDROPLANE IN LESS THAN AN INCH OF WATER. $$ JO  889 WWUS81 KAKQ 070745 SPSAKQ MDZ021>025-VAZ099-100-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 245 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE EARLY THIS MORNING... A BAND OF SNOW...ON THE BACKSIDE OF DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE WELL EAST OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA...WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE...EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO ACCUMULATE UP TO AN INCH IN A FEW SPOTS. ALSO...VISIBILITY MAY BE BRIEFLY REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OFFSHORE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS...WITH MOST SNOW ENDING BY AROUND SUNRISE. UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ CULLEN  426 WWUS81 KOKX 070929 SPSOKX CTZ005-009-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-071300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 430 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...ICY CONDITIONS FOR THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE... A COMBINATION OF A THIN LAYER OF ICE COVERED BY A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF THE REGION WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS MORNING. UNTREATED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THE LESS TRAVELED SECONDARY ROADS...MAY BE VERY ICY. ANY OTHER UNTREATED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND STEPS...WILL BE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. YOULL LIKELY NEED TO SOME EXTRA TIME TO YOUR COMMUTE THIS MORNING AS A RESULT OF THESE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE WINTRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS YET ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOPS. THIS TIME...WITH SLIGHTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHTLY STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE. $$ TONGUE  848 WWUS81 KPHI 070958 SPSPHI DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-071300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 451 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...ROADWAYS MAY BE SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING... A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH LAST NIGHT USHERING IN SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS THAT WERE JUST WET LAST NIGHT MAY BECOME ICY AS TEMPERATURES DROP. A CONDITION KNOWN AS BLACK ICE MAY ALSO BE PREVALENT. ROADWAYS THAT LOOK WET COULD HAVE ICE ON THEM. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. TRY TO BE SAFE...AND TAKE EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR LOCATION. $$ RNS  948 WWUS82 KMHX 071035 SPSMHX NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 535 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE CREATING WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 15 TO 20 DEGREES. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND SLOWLY DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING INCLUDING CHILDREN AT BUS STOPS SHOULD WRAP UP AND WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. A HAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT AS 20 PERCENT OF BODY HEAT LOSS IS THROUGH THE HEAD. $$ ORROCK  145 WWUS81 KOKX 071053 SPSOKX CTZ005-009-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-071300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 548 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...ICY CONDITIONS FOR THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE... A COMBINATION OF A THIN LAYER OF ICE COVERED BY A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF THE REGION WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS MORNING. UNTREATED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THE LESS TRAVELED SECONDARY ROADS...ARE VERY ICY. ANY OTHER UNTREATED SURFACES...INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND STEPS...ARE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. YOULL LIKELY NEED TO SOME EXTRA TIME TO YOUR COMMUTE THIS MORNING AS A RESULT OF THESE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALSO...IF YOUR CAR WAS OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT...YOUR NEED THE SCRAPER. THE WINTRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS YET ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOPS. THIS TIME...WITH SLIGHTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHTLY STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE. $$ TONGUE  543 WWUS82 KGSP 071113 SPSGSP GAZ010-NCZ033>035-048>056-058-059-062>067-SCZ001>003-071600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN CANADA AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN UNITED STATES ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE A PERSISTENT WEST AND NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AN AREA OF STRONGER WINDS EMBEDDED IN THIS FLOW PATTERN WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS IN CASE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS... ADVISORIES... OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. $$ LGL  471 WWUS82 KGSP 071653 SPSGSP GAZ010-NCZ033>035-048>056-058-059-062>067-SCZ001>003-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1153 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN CANADA...AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN UNITED STATES ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE A PERSISTENT WEST AND NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AN AREA OF STRONGER WINDS EMBEDDED IN THIS FLOW PATTERN WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY OR HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ RWH  604 WWUS81 KLWX 072048 SPSLWX DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 345 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS THAT NO PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE IS A CHANCE THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION. IN THE BALTIMORE METRO AREA AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW. AN INCH OR LESS OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS CHANCE IS BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM. FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST...FOR THE WASHINGTON METRO AREA... VIRGINIA...MOST OF THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN MARYLAND...AND LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT SNOW TO FALL BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM. HOWEVER...LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR WESTERN MARYLAND...THE WESTERN FRINGE OF MINERAL GRANT AND PENDLETON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...AND HIGHLAND COUNTY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. UP TO AN INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON THE WESTERN RIDGE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT...AND MOST LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO FREEZING. AS ALWAYS...FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THIS FORECAST WILL OCCUR OVER THE EVENING HOURS AND AN UPDATED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 PM. $$ STRONG  432 WWUS82 KRAH 072051 SPSRAH NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-080930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 350 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER NORTH CAROLINA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY... WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH. THURSDAY WILL SEE SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD NOT CAUSE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS. HOWEVER... IN THOSE AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED THE ICE STORM OF EARLY DECEMBER... THESE WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN ANY TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS THAT WERE WEAKENED BY THE ICE. FALLING LIMBS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES OR DAMAGE TO OBJECTS ON THE GROUND. IN ADDITION... ANYONE DRIVING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOULD KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL AND BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTS. $$ RFG/GIH  700 WWUS85 KTFX 072159 SPSTFX MTZ008>015-044>055-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 259 PM MST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...RECORD WARMTH OVER THE PLAINS WILL BE REPLACED BY MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER THE PLAINS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ON THURSDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE 20S. WHILE THESE READINGS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AVERAGE...THEY WILL BE 30 TO 40 DEGREES COOLER THAN THEY WERE TODAY OVER THE PLAINS. IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... THE COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LITTLE IF ANY SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH THIS CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. THE COLD AIR WILL STAY IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ANYONE WHO HAS OUTDOOR PLANS DURING THIS TIME SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTRY TEMPERATURES. $$