WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 254 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER WEATHER TO LINGER INTO THIS EVENING...
...MORE UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OFF THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE VIRGINIA COAST THIS EVENING. THIS
WILL BRING AN END TO THE WIDESPREAD SNOW ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW...WILL
CAUSE ADDITIONAL HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE HIGHER WESTERN
SLOPES INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009-015-200400-
/O.EXT.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091220T1200Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-SMYTH-GRAYSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY
254 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT.
* TRAVEL IS HAZARDOUS AND DISCOURAGED IN THE WARNED AREA AND WILL
REMAIN TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE HIGHER WESTERN SLOPES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS
DISCOURAGED. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ICE
ACCUMULATION OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...
2 1 5...4 3 2 4.FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON
THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.
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