WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 600 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST
FRIDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN AT TIMES AS WELL. A
LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
* THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION MODE SHOULD BE FREEZING RAIN.
* ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* COLD EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* ICY ROADS... PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS ARE LIKELY IN THE
ADVISORY AREA.
* 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 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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LAURENS MEADE DUKE
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