Last Updated on January 19, 2025 9:46 am
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 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, West
Jefferson, Volney, Troutdale, Boone, and Pearisburg
255 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025
…EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST
MONDAY…
…EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING…
- WHAT…For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills
as 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 Wednesday
morning. - IMPACTS…The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could
result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.
Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is
exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing
temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Dress in layers including a hat, face mask, and gloves if you must
go outside.
