[WeatherBulletin] Special Weather Statement - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 291537
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1037 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

..MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER TEXAS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS
THE GULF COAST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...BEFORE MOVING OFF
THE ATLANTIC COAST LATE IN THE DAY. 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 TONIGHT 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.

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-
292345-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.100129T1700Z-100130T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...
FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1037 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY.

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY CONTINUING WELL INTO SATURDAY. THE
SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
IN LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...AND THE LITTLE TENNESSEE
VALLEY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM THE
WEST SATURDAY EVENING.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
MOST OF THE WARNED AREA. AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE LESS IN
THE VALLEYS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS WHERE THE SNOW WILL MIX
WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY REACH
OR EXCEED 9 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY AREAS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE.

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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