ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 405 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
LATER FRIDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO OVER ONE
HALF INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST
TOTALS EXPECTED ON EAST-FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THESE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND HAZARDOUS ROAD
CONDITIONS.
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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