[WeatherBulletin] Special Weather Statement - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 300326
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1026 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

..MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH
TONIGHT...THEN MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COASTLINE ON SATURDAY. DEEP
MOISTURE NORTH OF THIS LOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY...ALLOWING HEAVY
SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH A
WINTRY MIX EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPSTATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.


NCZ068>072-082-301200-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100130T2300Z/
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...
CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE
1026 PM 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.

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO
AREA AND SURROUNDING PIEDMONT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW
WILL MIX OVER TO SLEET THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND
LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE
DAY ON SATURDAY. A SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR. TOTALS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY
FROM LINCOLNTON TO KANNAPOLIS. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH BETWEEN
4 TO 8 INCHES JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85...WITH AMOUNTS
DWINDLING RAPIDLY TO AN INCH OR TWO SOUTHEAST OF THE HIGHWAY.

MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...GENERALLY TWO TO THREE
TENTHS OF AN INCH MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85
AFTER THE TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
AND DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE.

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 ALREADY BECOMING HAZARDOUS AT THIS HOUR. DO NOT VENTURE
OUT UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

IF YOU PLAN TO USE ALTERNATE SOURCES OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY IN
YOUR HOME BE CAREFUL. OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING... ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE.  PORTABLE
GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL
VENTILATED AREA.

TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PLEASE CALL OUR
TOLL FREE REPORTING LINE AT 877-633-6772.

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GERAPETRITIS

WWWW


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