ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 251 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY.
THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA INTO LATE MORNING...
WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH
ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE... SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH
30 TO 40 MPH AND MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH INTO LATE
MORNING AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH WINDS OF 20
MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS...
COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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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