Alert: New * MISCELLANEOUS SKYWARN BULLETIN - URGENT Expires Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:30:00 +0000
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Wakefield SKYWARN EMWIN Service
Mar 6, 2013, 11:30:16 AM3/6/13
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ZZUS81 KAKQ 061630
ZEMSKY
VAZ000-062130-
SITUATION REPORT - WINTER STORM
SKYWARN OPERATIONS CENTER WAKEFIELD VA
1130 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013
.. SITUATION UPDATE ..
SKYWARN NET IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN AREA 1 AND REPEATER IS MONITORED IN
AREA 2. SEVERAL REPORTS OF MEASURED SNOWFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED RAPIDLY IN THE RICHMOND METRO AREA
WITH BOTH SECONDARY AND PRIMARY ROADS COVERED BUT PASSABLE WITH EXTREME
CAUTION. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON TREES, COMBINED WITH GUSTY
WINDS, NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED WITHIN THE WAKEFIELD
COUNTY WARNING AREA:
DOMINION POWER .. 7,677 OUTAGES IN RICHMOND METRO/TRI-CITIES
RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC .. APPROXIMATELY 60,000 OUTAGES SYSTEMWIDE,
ESTIMATED AROUND 15,000 WITHIN THE CWA.
ACCUMULATIONS ARE PRESENTLY REPORTED AT AROUND AN INCH OR TWO IN AREAS
IMMEDIATELY EAST AND SOUTH OF RICHMOND, WHILE AREAS JUST A LITTLE BIT
NORTH OR WEST INCREASE QUICKLY TO AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES.
IN GENERAL, THE SNOWFALL RATE IN THE RICHMOND METRO AREA HAS TAPERED OFF
A BIT WHICH IS ALLOWING WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO DRIVE SOME MELT
IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF RICHMOND. PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THIS EVENING.
NUMEROUS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ARE REPORTED AND SEVERAL ROADS IN
CENTRAL VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO ACCIDENTS AND/OR DOWNED TREES.
SKYWARN NET WILL REMAIN ON THE AIR IN RICHMOND TO COLLECT SNOWFALL
MEASUREMENTS IN EXCESS OF 1" OR REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES, AS WELL AS TO
HANDLE ANY OTHER EMERGENCY OR MOTORIST ASSISTANCE TRAFFIC.
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ZZUS81 KAKQ 061630
ZEMSKY
VAZ000-062130-
SITUATION REPORT - WINTER STORM
SKYWARN OPERATIONS CENTER WAKEFIELD VA
1130 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013
.. SITUATION UPDATE ..
SKYWARN NET IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN AREA 1 AND REPEATER IS MONITORED IN
AREA 2. SEVERAL REPORTS OF MEASURED SNOWFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED RAPIDLY IN THE RICHMOND METRO AREA
WITH BOTH SECONDARY AND PRIMARY ROADS COVERED BUT PASSABLE WITH EXTREME
CAUTION. DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON TREES, COMBINED WITH GUSTY
WINDS, NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED WITHIN THE WAKEFIELD
COUNTY WARNING AREA:
DOMINION POWER .. 7,677 OUTAGES IN RICHMOND METRO/TRI-CITIES
RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC .. APPROXIMATELY 60,000 OUTAGES SYSTEMWIDE,
ESTIMATED AROUND 15,000 WITHIN THE CWA.
ACCUMULATIONS ARE PRESENTLY REPORTED AT AROUND AN INCH OR TWO IN AREAS
IMMEDIATELY EAST AND SOUTH OF RICHMOND, WHILE AREAS JUST A LITTLE BIT
NORTH OR WEST INCREASE QUICKLY TO AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES.
IN GENERAL, THE SNOWFALL RATE IN THE RICHMOND METRO AREA HAS TAPERED OFF
A BIT WHICH IS ALLOWING WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO DRIVE SOME MELT
IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF RICHMOND. PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THIS EVENING.
NUMEROUS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ARE REPORTED AND SEVERAL ROADS IN
CENTRAL VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO ACCIDENTS AND/OR DOWNED TREES.
SKYWARN NET WILL REMAIN ON THE AIR IN RICHMOND TO COLLECT SNOWFALL
MEASUREMENTS IN EXCESS OF 1" OR REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES, AS WELL AS TO
HANDLE ANY OTHER EMERGENCY OR MOTORIST ASSISTANCE TRAFFIC.
$$
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