WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 351 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS.
ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
THIS MORNING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA LATER
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE
MOUNTAINS FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE ON STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST
WINDS...WITH HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER
AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
MANY OF THE ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE ALREADY
IMPASSABLE FROM THE RECENT HEAVY SNOW...AND LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IS
EXPECTED TODAY AS TEMPERATURES MAY NOT WARM MUCH ABOVE
FREEZING...IF AT ALL. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
LIKELY TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER AND AT THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY.
IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS
MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SOME WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF WET...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH
THE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO
FALL...WITH ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES RESULTING.
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. 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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