HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 558 PM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 600 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST
SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY.
COLD NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES TONIGHT. UP TO AN
INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY.
GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE
LATE NIGHT AND MORNING WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE LAST TIME AN AIR MASS THIS
COLD AFFECTED THE REGION WAS WINTER OF 2000-2001.
A SERIES OF COLD NIGHTS CAN FREEZE UNINSULATED PIPES. CLOSE CRAWL
SPACE VENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT HEAT PUMPS AND OTHER HEATING
SYSTEMS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. MAKE SURE THAT OUTDOOR PETS
HAVE SOME SHELTER AGAINST THE COLD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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