RNK went ahead and issued... thats about 60 hours for them
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1244 PM EST Wed Jan 21 2026
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>044-507-508-220400-
/O.NEW.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 Danbury, Pulaski, Marion, Wytheville, Hot
Springs, Hinton, Covington, Blacksburg, Rainelle, Duo, Quinwood,
Floyd, Amherst, New Castle, Lexington, Union, Lewisburg,
Alderson, Whitetop, Stuart, Roanoke, Yadkinville, Yanceyville,
Appomattox, Volney, Troutdale, Bluefield, Fincastle, Sparta,
Rocky Mount, Hix, Independence, Salem, Buena Vista, Danville,
Clifton Forge, Eden, Galax, Lynchburg, Boone, Radford, Flat Top,
Bedford, Tazewell, Dobson, Martinsville, Keysville, Bland,
Wilkesboro, South Boston, West Jefferson, White Sulphur Springs,
and Pearisburg
1244 PM EST Wed Jan 21 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow and sleet accumulations
between 8 and 14 inches possible.
* 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...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.