SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 954 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...
COOLER AIR WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION
TONIGHT...BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING SOME LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ANY ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...BUT TRAVELERS ARE URGED
TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ON THE ROADWAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
AN UNSEASONABLY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL THEN SPILL INTO THE REGION
FOR THIS WEEKEND...WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO CLIMB INTO THE
20S AND 30S THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...TO THE UPPER
TEENS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND
COLD AIR WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...AND BETWEEN 5 AND 15 DEGREES
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...
INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
WHEN VENTURING OUT THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK...BE PREPARED FOR THE
ARCTIC COLD TEMPERATURES BY DRESSING WARMLY. YOU SHOULD ALSO MAKE
SURE YOUR HOME IS WINTERIZED FOR THE UPCOMING COLD WEATHER.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION...FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER
SITUATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BRING SCATTERED
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
LIGHT WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
EAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THROUGH SATURDAY. MINOR SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MUCH
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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