FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 947 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
FRIDAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY.
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN
FOR PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT...BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS
OFF BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN
INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER...PORTIONS OF
THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN TO NEAR SALUDA MAY
HAVE DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER INCH. IN
ADDITION TO THE ICE...SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 35 MPH AND
MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING... MAINLY ABOVE 3500 FEET. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH ANY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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