ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 255 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST FRIDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST FRIDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG
THE BLUE RIDGE...BY NOON FRIDAY. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY MAY SEE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICING.
* THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MAY BE
COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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