WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 434 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA LATE THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF
TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER ON SATURDAY.
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 12 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER TOTALS RIGHT ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR OUT INTO THE PIEDMONT...BUT WITH GENERALLY
8 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WEST OF INTERSTATE 77 AND 4 TO 8
INCHES EAST OF THE INTERSTATE.
IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
COMBINATION OF BREEZY CONDITIONS AND HEAVY...WET SNOW COULD
PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
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.
$$
|
|
|
