ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 251 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY.
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ON EAST-FACING SLOPES
OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 26. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE...SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH
30 TO 40 MPH...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH
AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS. ICE ACCUMULATION AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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