[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.


GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-
292345-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.100129T2300Z-100130T2300Z/
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...
STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1037 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 MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION MAY TREND TOWARD
MORE SNOW AND SLEET IN LOCATIONS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA
BORDER...WITH A TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY DAYBREAK
SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES
OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION
ENDS LATE SATURDAY. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
WITH AN INCH OR SO OF SLEET IS POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85.

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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