Last Updated on January 19, 2025 9:46 am
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGENational Weather Service Blacksburg VA255 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-WVZ042-043-191600-/O.NEW.KRNK.EC.A.0002.250122T0300Z-250122T1700Z//O.CON.KRNK.EC.W.0002.250120T0900Z-250120T1700Z/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Grayson-Mercer-Summers-Including the cities of Sparta, Flat Top, Bluefield, Hix, Hinton,Independence, Tazewell, Marion, Wytheville, Bland, Whitetop, WestJefferson, Volney, Troutdale, Boone, and Pearisburg255 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025
…EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON ESTMONDAY……EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGHWEDNESDAY MORNING…
WHAT…For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chillsas low as 16 below expected. For the Extreme Cold Watch,dangerously cold wind chills as low as 13 below possible.
WHERE…Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia,and southeast West Virginia.
WHEN…For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 4 AM to noon EST Monday.For the Extreme Cold Watch, from Tuesday evening through Wednesdaymorning.
IMPACTS…The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero couldresult in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin isexposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezingtemperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Dress in layers including a hat, face mask, and gloves if you mustgo outside.