WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1008 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
EARLY FRIDAY...NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST FRIDAY
NIGHT...TO JUST EAST OF THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN
CANADA WILL DELIVER COLD AIR PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STORM.
THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE
SNOW. HOWEVER...SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES ACROSS SOUTHSIDE
VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW WILL
DEVELOP DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF
SATURDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.
NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ009-012-015-016-181115-
/O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0008.091218T1400Z-091220T0000Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-SMYTH-WYTHE-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...MARION...WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY
1008 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO
7 PM EST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN THE WARNED AREA. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE REDUCED. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
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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