WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 517 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
A STRONG COASTAL STORM WILL SPREAD WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM SHOULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT WINTER
WEATHER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR ACROSS
THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. PRECIPITATION RATES
WILL GENERALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS
THE LOW TRACKS NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE.
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AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION
517 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM
FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
FOOTHILLS...AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH SLEET
AND RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
FALL MAINLY AS SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS FOR MUCH OF FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. HOWEVER...SNOW ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WILL
BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MID DAY SATURDAY.
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EXPECTED IN AREAS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE. SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES
ACROSS THE UNIFOUR TO 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT
COUNTIES.
THE SNOW ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTAIN A LOT OF
MOISTURE AND WILL EASILY ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. IN
ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY ON FRIDAY AND WILL
REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE
SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...CREATING
AREAS OF POWER OUTAGES.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
SATURDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH AT LEAST
SUNDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
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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