WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 351 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND MUCH OF THE WESTERN
PIEDMONT.
ALTHOUGH THE SNOW AND SLEET HAVE LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA THIS MORNING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE
ADDING ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE EXISTING SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS. THE
ADDITIONAL ICING COULD ALLOW TREES AND POWER LINES TO
FALL...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL PROBABLY BE CANCELLED LATER THIS
MORNING...ONCE THE ADDITIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION ENDS...BUT ROADS
MAY REMAIN TREACHEROUS THROUGH THE DAY WITH TEMPERATURES ONLY
RECOVERING INTO THE MID 30S IN MOST AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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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