WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 316 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN AT
TIMES AS WELL. A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT.
* THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION MODE SHOULD BE FREEZING RAIN.
* ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING INTO
CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* COLD EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* ICY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
* MOST AFFECTED WILL BE SECONDARY ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND
SIDEWALKS. ROADS ALREADY SNOW AND ICE COVERED WILL REMAIN
SLIPPERY INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* TRAVEL SPEEDS WILL HAVE TO BE REDUCED DUE TO THE POOR ROAD
CONDITIONS.
* ICE COATED TREE LIMBS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH
COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BY LATE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS
DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO
USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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DUKE
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