WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 325 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY
ABOVE 2500 FEET...
A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* ACCUMULATING SNOWS BEGIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW TOTALS ABOVE 2500 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 6
TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ON WESTERN SLOPES.
* WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY...INCLUDING MCROSS AND QUINWOOD...
WILL LIKELY SEE AROUND A FOOT OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
* THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE
HIGH ELEVATIONS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
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. BLOWING SNOW
WILL ALSO RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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