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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
220 PM EST Thu Jan 22 2026

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>044-507-508-231930-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-
Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-
Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-
Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-
Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-
Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
220 PM EST Thu Jan 22 2026

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,
southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1208 AM EST Fri Jan 23 2026

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>044-507-508-231500-
/O.CON.KRNK.WS.A.0001.260124T1200Z-260126T1800Z/
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-
Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-
Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-
Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-
Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-
Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
Including the cities of Keysville, Stuart, Independence, Hinton,
Appomattox, New Castle, Galax, Clifton Forge, Yadkinville, Salem,
Duo, Buena Vista, Volney, Tazewell, Yanceyville, Blacksburg,
Floyd, Sparta, Bland, Wytheville, Roanoke, Covington, Hix, Flat
Top, Pulaski, Union, Whitetop, Martinsville, Danville, White
Sulphur Springs, Wilkesboro, Eden, Danbury, West Jefferson,
Lewisburg, Boone, Quinwood, Bedford, South Boston, Alderson,
Fincastle, Rocky Mount, Bluefield, Lexington, Troutdale,
Rainelle, Pearisburg, Radford, Hot Springs, Marion, Amherst,
Lynchburg, and Dobson
1208 AM EST Fri Jan 23 2026

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation. Mainly snow and possibly sleet
  along and north of U.S. 460, and snow, sleet and freezing rain
  south of U.S. 460.

* WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina,
  central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and
  southeast West Virginia.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Winds and weight of snow or ice on tree limbs may down
  power lines and could cause power outages. Travel could be very
  difficult to impossible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

You should consider delaying all travel this weekend.

If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution.
Consider taking a winter storm kit along with you, including such
items as tire chains, booster cables, flashlight, shovel, blankets
and extra clothing. Also take water, a first aid kit, and anything
else that would help you survive in case you become stranded.



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BMG

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