ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1154 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG
THE BLUE RIDGE...BY NOON FRIDAY. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY MAY SEE UP TO A HALF INCH OF
ICING.
* THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MAY BE
COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THESE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING
TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT
PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
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