WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 248 PM EST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM
EST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 PM EST SATURDAY BELOW 3500 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
BEGIN AS SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW
MIX FALLING AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD DOWN INTO
THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH LIGHTER
ACCUMULATIONS DEVELOPING THERE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY REACH 3 TO 4 INCHES AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS SHOULD SEE
ABOUT AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION...WITH TWO INCH TOTALS ALONG SOME
HIGHER SLOPES.
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.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 248 PM EST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM
EST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 PM EST SATURDAY BELOW 3500 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
BEGIN AS SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW
MIX FALLING AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD DOWN INTO
THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH LIGHTER
ACCUMULATIONS DEVELOPING THERE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY REACH 3 TO 4 INCHES AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS SHOULD SEE
ABOUT AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION...WITH TWO INCH TOTALS ALONG SOME
HIGHER SLOPES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
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