Extreme Cold Watch issued January 17 at 2:29PM EST until January 22 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Blacksburg VA

* WHAT…Air temperatures in the single digits to 5 below zero.
Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 15 to 20 below possible
along and west of the Blue Ridge.

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

* WHEN…From late Sunday night through Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS…Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing
temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…An extended period of extreme cold possible
Monday through Wednesday, possibly continuing into Thursday.
Daytime high temperatures on these days will be in the teens with
some single digits in the mountains.