WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 123 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY.
* STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 OR 55 MPH ACROSS
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 827 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.
* FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT...AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG
THE BLUE RIDGE...BY NOON FRIDAY. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY MAY SEE UP TO A HALF INCH OF
ICING.
* THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
* ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING MAY BE
COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. THESE ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER
LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT
PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
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