WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1151 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY LATER TODAY MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.
* COLD EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
* ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING INTO
CHRISTMAS MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* SECONDARY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS TOWARD THE LAKESHORE MAY
CONTINUE TO ICY TODAY FROM FREEZING PRECIPITATION LAST NIGHT.
* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK TONIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SLOWER. AIR TRAFFIC MAY BE DELAYED.
* ICE COATED TREE LIMBS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH COULD LEAD TO
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES BY LATE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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DUKE
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