WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 512 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER
TODAY...SPREADING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION INTO RANDOLPH AND
POCAHONTAS COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN
AS SLEET...BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN...THEN ALL RAIN LATE
TONIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED
TO BE LIGHT.
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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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 520 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY
AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE
TURNING TO THE SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT PASSES
THROUGH. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 50
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO...TREE LIMBS MAY BE
SNAPPED...AND POWER OUTAGES OR FLUCTUATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
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