PRINCETON — A slick mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain coated the region Friday where the Virginias meet, bringing with it another round of school closings and delays as residents dealt with slick roads and a new round of power outages.

In West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin declared a statewide State of Emergency due to the storm reaching into the state.

“The information I’m receiving from the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the National Weather Service suggests that this storm will bring large amounts of heavy, wet snow and ice that will hamper travel and could affect other services and utilities,” Manchin said in a statement issued Friday. “We have already taken precautions in anticipation of this storm, but the State of Emergency provides additional resources that will enable us to better deal with the weather.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell also declared a State of Emergency in advance of the storm. Forecasters were calling for up to three-quarters an inch of freezing rain for much of the southwestern part of the state.

McDonnell said road crews and the Virginia National Guard were prepared to respond, and urged residents to do the same.

Mercer and Monroe counties were under a winter storm warning along with Tazewell, Bland, Giles and Wythe counties in Virginia until 4 p.m. today.

Between 2 to 4 inches of snow with up to 0.1 inches of ice were expected to fall throughout the day Friday. And another 2 to 4 inches were expected Friday night with less than 0.1 inches of new ice accumulation.

Conditions today include a high near 28 degrees and between 1 to 2 inches of new snow. A slight chance of flurries is expected before 1 a.m. tonight.

According to information from Appalachian Power, Tazewell County, Va., had more than 2,627 customers without power as of 6:15 p.m. Mercer County had almost 537 customers without power, and power was restored in McDowell County. Emergency 911 centers continued to receive new reports of trees and power lines brought down by the storm.

Counties on the fringes of the winter storm system were not seeing any snow. Only rain was reported by the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department, and across the state line in McDowell County, only rain was reported Friday afternoon.

“We’re just looking at wet pavement,” a McDowell 911 dispatcher said.

Back in Virginia, the Bland County Sheriff’s Office reported several minor accidents on Interstate 77, and Giles County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers reported no major incidents.

Officials in both Virginias encouraged residents not to drive during severe weather, and not to drive on roadways closed due to the weather.

The Tazewell County 911 Center was operating off generators after losing power Friday night.

In West Virginia, highway and road closures can be checked by calling 877-WVA-ROAD (877-982-7623.)

In Virginia, the Virginia Department of Transportation advised motorists to call 511 or go to 511Virginia.org on the Internet to check road conditions.

Appalachian Power officials in Virginia urged customers with outages to call 1-800-956-4237. In West Virginia, customers who lose service should report the losses at 1-800-982-4237.