WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 338 AM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN...WILL SPREAD INTO THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS
PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AS SNOW
THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH A CHANGE TO A MIX OF
SLEET AND RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE
DURING THE EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY IN
AREAS WEST OF I-26 AND ALONG AND EAST OF THE BALSAMS. ACROSS
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-4
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
NORTH OF A GREENVILLE TO SPARTANBURG LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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