ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 321 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST FRIDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST FRIDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG
THE BLUE RIDGE...BY NOON FRIDAY. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY MAY SEE UP TO A HALF INCH OF
ICING.
* THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MAY BE
COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. 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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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 123 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY.
* STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 OR 55 MPH ACROSS
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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