WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 300 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...MORE SNOW EXPECTED ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
.IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...COLD NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL FORCE MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE
APPALACHIANS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING
AND WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. ADDITIONAL
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER THROUGH TONIGHT.
NCZ033-048>052-058-200415-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091220T1200Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE
300 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY FOR
THE COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE FROM GRAHAM TO AVERY.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING ON
STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3
INCHES IS LIKELY TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER AND AT THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED
AS THE SNOW MIGHT NOT TAPER OFF UNTIL THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY
ON SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WARMED ENOUGH TODAY TO MELT SOME OF THE
SNOW. THE WATER AND SLUSH LEFT OVER ON UNTREATED ROADS WILL FREEZE
LATE TONIGHT. PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT MANY PATCHES OF BLACK ICE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH
ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SOME WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG
WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO
FALL...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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