WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST TO THE
SOUTHEAST COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN
WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER.
PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
BY MID AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO
SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10
INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING.
HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ALL
UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE
YOUR HEADLIGHTS...DRIVE AT SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY
AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS.
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