HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 355 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS. THIS SYSTEM COULD RESULT
IN MEASURABLE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 209 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...
TEMPERATURES HAVE GENERALLY FALLEN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THIS
MORNING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS...PIEDMONT...AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA. WATER AND SLUSH LEFT OVER FROM THE RECENT SNOW
AND SLEET ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY FREEZE AND CREATE
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PATCHES OF BLACK ICE...WHERE THE ICY
CONDITIONS CAN BE VERY HARD TO SPOT OVER BLACK ASPHALT...ARE
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.
MOTORISTS IN THE AREA THIS MORNING SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME
AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING ON
CURVES...BRIDGES...AND UNTREATED SECONDARY ROADS. ALWAYS ALLOW
EXTRA SPACING BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES WHEN DRIVING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.
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