January 28, 2022 - Stafford County is currently under a Winter Weather Advisory from 4:00 p.m. this afternoon to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 29, 2022. A Winter Weather Advisory indicates that conditions pose a significant inconvenience, and if caution is not exercised, could lead to situations that may threaten life and/or property. Estimates call for one to three inches of snowfall in our area. Stafford is monitoring the storm and asks that residents prepare themselves, their families and their homes for a weather emergency.
For updated information, please visit Stafford County’s emergency page at www.staffordcountyva.gov/emergency. Here you will find operating status, social media links, contacts, alerts, emergency information and provider outage map links. Helpful resources for storm prep tips include www.ready.gov, www.vaemergency.gov, and www.staffordcountyva.gov/emergency.
Citizens may find official Stafford County information through the resources below.
Stafford Alert at www.staffordcountyva.gov/staffordalert - Sign up and receive phone calls, texts or emails
Stafford’s website - www.staffordcountyva.gov
Parks website - www.staffordparks.com
R-Board website – www.rboard.org
Courts – www.staffordcountyva.gov/courts
Facebook - @StaffordCountyGovernment, Twitter - @StaffordVAGov
TV stations, radio stations and their websites
Stafford Information - (540) 658-8600
Sheriff’s Office Non-Emergency Number – (540) 658-4400
Additionally, some questions come up during a winter storm that others can best answer.
Downed trees? Call VDOT at 1 (800)367-ROAD (1 (800) 367-7623).
Downed power lines? Call Dominion Energy at 1-866-DOM-HELP, NOVEC at 1(888)335-0500, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative at 1(866) 663-2688 or Rappahannock Electric Co-Op at (540) 898-8500.
If your cable or internet is out, call Comcast at 1-800-XFINITY (1-800-934-6489), Verizon at 1-800-837-4966, Cox at 1-800-234-3993 and KGI Communications at (540) 709-7070.