FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 919 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...RESULTING IN LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF
ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME ICY PATCHES MAY ALSO DEVELOP ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE
FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO
RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
LANE
HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1000 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE HIGH
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. ALTHOUGH WINDS ON
THE VALLEY FLOORS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER...GENERALLY LESS THAN 15
MPH...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
MAY BRIEFLY BRING LOCALIZED AREAS OF STRONG WINDS DOWN TO THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS.
AFTER SUNRISE...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO MIX
DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL
BE COMMON ACROSS ALL THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...WITH OCCASIONAL WIND
GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER CONTINUING AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE ARE EXPECTED TO TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
BECAUSE OF THE WET SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL EVENTS.
THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET ON WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND FOR ROADS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
$$
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1000 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE HIGH
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. ALTHOUGH WINDS ON
THE VALLEY FLOORS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER...GENERALLY LESS THAN 15
MPH...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
MAY BRIEFLY BRING LOCALIZED AREAS OF STRONG WINDS DOWN TO THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS.
AFTER SUNRISE...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO MIX
DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL
BE COMMON ACROSS ALL THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...WITH OCCASIONAL WIND
GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER CONTINUING AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE ARE EXPECTED TO TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
BECAUSE OF THE WET SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL EVENTS.
THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET ON WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND FOR ROADS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
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