WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1141 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND A LITTLE RAIN WILL 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...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL 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.
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