(LOOTPRESS) – The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest and west-central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia as another early-December storm system approaches the region.

The advisory goes into effect 1 a.m. Monday and remains in place through 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Snowfall Expected Overnight Into Monday

Forecasters expect 1 to 3 inches of snow across much of the advisory area, with higher totals possible in elevations above 3,000 feet. Areas included in the alert stretch from Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties in North Carolina northward through Tazewell, Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke, Rockbridge, and Bath counties in Virginia, and into Mercer, Summers, Monroe, and Greenbrier counties in West V

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