Alert: New * SKYWARN ACTIVATION NOTIFICATION Expires Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:04:00 +0000
Wakefield SKYWARN EMWIN Service
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SKYWARN ACTIVATION NOTIFICATION
SKYWARN OPERATIONS CENTER WAKEFIELD VA
104 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012
.. ACTIVATION STATUS REPORT ..
AREA 1 - RICHMOND .. ACTIVATION LIKELY
AREA 2 - SOUTHERN VA .. ACTIVATION LIKELY
AREA 3 - WILLIAMSBURG .. MAY BE NEEDED
AREA 4 - PIEDMONT .. ACTIVATION LIKELY
AREA 5 - SOUTHEAST VA .. MAY BE NEEDED
AREA 7 - NORTHEAST NC .. NOT EXPECTED
AREA 8 - NORTHERN NECK .. MAY BE NEEDED
AREA 9 - EASTERN SHORE .. NOT EXPECTED
.. DISCUSSION ..
SPC HAS ISSUED MESOSCALE DISCUSSION FOR HEAVY SNOW IN EXTREME WESTERN
PORTIONS OF AREAS 2 AND 4. ISOLATED INSTANCES OF THUNDERSNOW ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURE DROPS OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME
.. MODERATE SNOW IS FALLING IN THE METRO RICHMOND AREA WITH NO
ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING DUE TO WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND ACCUMULATIONS
MAY BEGIN IN A FEW HOURS. SKYWARN NET ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN AREAS
1 AND 2 FOR COLLECTION OF SNOW TOTALS LATER THIS EVENING. RADIO DESK
ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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