WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 114 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM
EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ON
SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY.
THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS WEEKEND WITH
FINAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY.
THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES... WHICH MAY COMBINE WITH
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS DEVELOPING
STORM. IF A MORE WESTWARD TRACK MATERIALIZES...SNOW AMOUNTS COULD
BE HIGHER. A MORE EASTWARD TRACK WOULD YIELD LIGHTER AMOUNTS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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