WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 434 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY.
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION
TO MAINLY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE MOST LIKELY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE SNOWFALL WILL STEADILY
TAPER OFF TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO
12 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES WILL BE MORE LIKELY IN SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS FROM
THE SMOKIES SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE GEORGIA BORDER...AND IN THE
EXTREME NORTHERN UPSTATE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. IN
ADDITION...BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS MAY COMBINE WITH THE WEIGHT OF
SNOW TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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