[WeatherBulletin] Special Weather Statement - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 290828
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

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

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO THE
NORTHERN GULF AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST THROUGH
TONIGHT...BEFORE MOVING OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY. THE STORM
SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW...TURNING TO MAINLY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR THROUGH 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>072-291700-
/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
328 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. 

A SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...BETWEEN 8 AND 12 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 6 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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