The National Weather Service had multiple states under winter weather advisories or winter storm warnings early on Friday.

This weather event could affect Thursday evening and Friday morning commutes, with slick and hazardous roads anticipated.

A wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:16 p.m. valid from 7 p.m. until Friday 4 a.m. The advisory is for the Roanoke Area

Several states were under winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories from the NWS as of early Thursday.

On Friday at 2:12 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory valid from 10 p.m. until Saturday 1 p.m. The advisory is for the Richmond Area as

Roads are expected to be slick Sunday morning due to black ice. NWS has ended winter weather advisories and warnings.

A storm spread snow into the Commonwealth Friday night into early Saturday that quickly blanketed much of Central Virginia.

The combined dry climate and flammable flora have created fires and firestorms before. In October 1978, the Agoura-Malibu and Mulholland Canyon fires burned more than 500 homes and killed three people. The Agoura-Malibu fire grew into a firestorm, a fire so intense it creates its own wind system.

Most of West Virginia will get additional snow before the weekend on top of the 6-12 inches the central part of the state has already seen.

West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory and Hazardous Weather Outlook. Eastern Panhandle counties could get 5-9 inches of snow with one-tenth of an inch of ice.