SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 949 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...PATCHES OF BLACK ICE ON ROADWAYS TONIGHT...
TEMPERATURES IN MANY CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LOCATIONS ARE
CURRENTLY BELOW FREEZING. WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20S TONIGHT... RECENT SNOW MELT OR RAIN ON ROADS MAY LEAD TO
THIN SLICK SPOTS KNOWN AS BLACK ICE.
THE THREAT WILL BE GREATER ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... AND ON
RURAL... LESS TRAVELED ROADS WHICH HAVE DRIED LESS THAN PRIMARY
ROADS. HOWEVER THIS MAY MAKE FOR AN ENHANCED THREAT ON PRIMARY
ROADS... AS ISOLATED ICY PATCHES RARELY ENCOUNTERED... MAY MAKE
FOR OVERCONFIDENCE IN SOME DRIVERS TONIGHT.
MOTORIST SHOULD CONSIDER USING CAUTION TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ON
CURVES... BRIDGES... AND LOW SPOTS WHERE PARTICULARLY COLD
TEMPERATURES MAY MAKE ICE MORE LIKELY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 344 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 345 PM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PATCHY BLACK ICE WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 64 AS RESIDUAL MOISTURE ON AREA ROADS FREEZES DUE TO
TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING NEED TO BE
AWARE OF PATCHY ICY SPOTS. ROAD SURFACES THAT APPEAR WET WILL
LIKELY BE FROZEN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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