ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 947 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY.
RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ON
EAST-FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT GENERALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE...SOUTHEAST
WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 35 MPH...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN
40 AND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
3500 FEET. ICE ACCUMULATION AND WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER
INTERRUPTIONS AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. 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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