WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 346 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA INTO EARLY TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...WHICH
INCLUDES THE TRIAD REGION...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN...WHICH MAY BE MIXED WITH SOME SLEET...AFTER
MIDNIGHT. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ON
TOP OF THE SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
TAPER OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY SATURDAY...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.
TIMING AND DURATION...PRECIPITATION WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE
REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING.
IMPACTS...TRAVELING WILL BE TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL STICK TO ROAD SURFACES AND ICE MAY
ACCUMULATE ON THE SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GLAZE COATING
THE TREES...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. IN
ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL
OCCASIONALLY DROP DOWN INTO THE TEENS.
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