WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1141 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY.
A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT
TIMES. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. THE SNOWFALL WILL STEADILY TAPER OFF TOWARD THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES...WITH HIGHER TOTALS ABOVE 3500 FEET...WILL BE MORE
LIKELY IN SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS FROM THE SMOKIES SOUTHWARD
TOWARD THE GEORGIA BORDER...AND IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN UPSTATE
MOUNTAINS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. IN
ADDITION...BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE WEIGHT OF
THE SNOW TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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