Winter weather advisory in effect for Northern Virginia

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Snow comes down in Southbridge on Friday night.

By: Kari Pugh | Inside NoVA
Published: January 21, 2012
Updated: January 21, 2012 - 12:11 AM

Snow and sleet began coming down late Friday, icing roads and making travel treacherous.

The National Weather Service has the entire D.C. metro area under a winter weather advisory until 1 p.m. Saturday. Forecasters say we'll see up to an inch of snow and sleet, then freezing rain through Saturday morning.

As the wintry weather began Friday night, vehicles began sliding off the roads. The Virginia Department of Transportation reported several multi-car accidents along both interstates 95 and 66 late Friday, and secondary roads weren't faring much better.

VDOT pre-treated roads on Friday afternoon and had trucks on standby for the storm.

NWS forecasters warned of dangerous travel conditions through Saturday afternoon, and the possibility of power outages with ice coating trees and power lines.

A snow emergency was put into effect for OmniLink local bus service for Saturday. All off-route trips were canceled.

Fairfax County schools canceled all school activities for Saturday.

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