[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Warning - Extension

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 042044
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010

..WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PART OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE MOVING
OFF THE CAROLINA COAST FRIDAY NIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE SURGING
NORTH OF THE LOW WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE
REGION. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MUCH OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT LATER
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON
FRIDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND ICE POSSIBLE.


NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-050330-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WS.W.0005.100205T0000Z-100206T1100Z/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION
344 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010

..WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. 

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS LATER THIS EVENING...BEFORE BECOMING ALL
SNOW LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE BLUE RIDGE. THE SNOW AND
SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN TOWARD SUNRISE...
EVENTUALLY BECOMING ALL FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 4
TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY
FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH
IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF
HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...AND A SATURATED
GROUND FROM THE RECENT WET PERIOD WILL LIKELY CAUSE A NUMBER OF
TREES TO FALL...RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 

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