[WeatherBulletin] Special Weather Statement - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 290316
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1016 PM EST THU JAN 28 2010

..MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS OVERNIGHT WILL TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST COAST STATES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
BEFORE EMERGING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COASTLINE ON SATURDAY. THE
STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA STARTING LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX
OF RAIN AND SNOW...COOLER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION FROM THE
NORTH SHOULD ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW
ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40
CORRIDOR ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT MORE OF A WINTRY MIX CLOSER TO THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AND POINTS SOUTH...WITH A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN LIKELY PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS.


NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-291200-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.100129T2300Z-100130T2300Z/
IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD
1016 PM EST THU JAN 28 2010

..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO
6 PM EST SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM
EST SATURDAY FOR THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY FRIDAY
EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW
NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH MORE OF A
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE CLOSER TO THE CHARLOTTE
METRO AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON
SATURDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST SATURDAY EVENING.

A SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES...IS
EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. MORE
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX IN CLOSER TO THE CHARLOTTE METRO
AREA. LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE CITY COULD SEE TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH PERHAPS ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF
AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR AREA BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF SATURDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND/OR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN TOPPLED TREES AND/OR POWER LINES.
TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
 
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GERAPETRITIS

WWWW


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