The Law Office of William B. Vaughan Traffic and Criminal Defense Attorney

02/02/2022

SIX MORE WEEKS ❄️ How do you feel about Punxsutawney Phil's prediction?

01/05/2022

**LONG UPDATE**

Thursday is still a roll of the dice in regards to timing, temperatures and how much snow we will get. Let's break everything down for you...

What we know...
• Cold air will be in place which will allow rain to change to snow at some point Thursday afternoon
• There will be enough moisture leftover after the cold air is in place to allow for snow Thursday afternoon

What we don't know
• When the cold air will be in place
• How much moisture will be left
• How fast the storm will move out

1) - Timing:

Timing is looking like we could have rain moving in around noon, quickly changing over to all snow by 2-3pm. Some schools may get out early on Thursday for safety concerns. Remember...overnight temperatures tonight will be in the mid 20s in the areas we expect the highest accumulation in, so it won't take much snow to overcome the roadways. The system is out of the region by midnight Friday.

2) - Temperature:

Temperature is looking to hit below freezing between 2pm and 5pm. If we are cloudy most of the morning hours on Thursday, we could see an earlier onset time for snow, because we wouldn't have time to get as warm. If the sun pops out, we can expect snow to begin as early as 2-3pm, with rain starting first.

3) - Accumulation:

This is another tricky one, because it's likely it will start as rain, and finish as snow. Rain at the beginning really cuts down snowfall totals, especially in this case because there's not a lot of moisture to deal with anyways. This is also a fast mover, so there won't be prolonged periods of snowfall, however, any snow that does fall could come down at 1-2" per hour, so be prepared for rapidly changing driving conditions!

The best accumulation looks to primarily stick to the north and west of us (TN Mtns, WV Mtns, etc.), but I do think we can get in on some of the fun too! I've edited the map from this morning to reflect the most recent changes, and I'm moderately confident in this forecast. We will be updating it once or twice more as we analyze the latest model data, but I don't foresee any major adjustments.

One adjustment I did make from this morning is I re-extended the 2-4" zone and added 3-5" for the highest elevations.

2-4" mainly for the mountains, with 1-3 the closer to the east of the parkway, then a trace in the lowest elevations

08/20/2021

05/13/2021

We would like to take this moment to remind the public of the dangers of improper gasoline storage. PLEASE use only certified gasoline storage containers to store and transport your fuel. Do NOT under any circumstances store volatile fuel in plastic bags, totes, or any other containers not specifically designed to hold gasoline. This is not only extremely dangerous, it is illegal.

01/13/2021

Carroll County Sheriff's Office responded to a total of 25,947 calls for 2020.
List below includes some of the calls we responded to.

12/10/2020

The Mount Rogers Health District announced today that "the Virginia National Guard will be conducting mass COVID-19 testing events in the Mount Rogers Health District December 14-19 as a result of high regional positivity rates.

These events are free, open to the public, and do not require an appointment or advance registration. Testing will begin at 8 a.m. at each location, and will continue until test supplies are exhausted or there are no additional individuals waiting to be tested. "

There will be a testing site at Carroll County High School on Thursday, December 17th in the lower parking lot below the football field.

03/18/2020

UPDATE:
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is monitoring the spread of COVID-19, known commonly as coronavirus.
As of March 18, there were no reported positive COVID-19 cases in the Twin Counties or anywhere in Southwest Virginia, according to the VDH. The health department reported Wednesday that there are 77 confirmed cases statewide, out of 1,278 people tested for the respiratory illness.
There have been two deaths in the state related to coronavirus. Both were in the Peninsula Health District in northeastern Virginia, where there is a high concentration of cases.
Alleghany, Ashe and Surry counties in North Carolina, which border the Twin Counties, had no confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday.
For up-to-date information, see vdh.virginia.gov/surveillance-and-investigation/novel-coronavirus/.

03/16/2020

The Supreme Court of Virginia has issued a judicial emergency at the request of the governor amid the coronavirus outbreak.

03/12/2020

There are now 15 “presumptively positive” cases of the coronavirus in Virginia as of March 12, 2020.