WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1034 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THURSDAY.
AS OF THE LATE EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW HAD SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR
A FEW HOURS CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS...WITH MAINLY SLEET FARTHER
EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...WITH
RAIN FARTHER EAST. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET...AND THE SLEET TO
RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
FINALLY BECOME ALL RAIN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE
MORNING HOURS THURSDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE HIGHLY
VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION GIVEN THE MIXED NATURE OF THE
PRECIPITATION. NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE. A HALF INCH OR SO MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED FROM
COLUMBUS TO RUTHERFORDTON AND OVER NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY...AS
WELL AS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEWTON TO STATESVILLE. LATER
TONIGHT...AS MORE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS...UP TO A TENTH OF INCH
INCH GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED.
EVEN THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...ROADS WILL QUICKLY
BECOME VERY SLICK AND TREACHEROUS AS THE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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