[WeatherBulletin] Winter Weather Advisory

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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.


NCZ070>072-050330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0010.100205T0300Z-100206T0000Z/
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD
344 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 PM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY.

A MIX OF SLEET AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA
AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS BY LATE THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP BELOW FREEZING...ALLOWING THE
RAIN TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE
BACK TO RAIN BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SLEET AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY
NOON FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING ICE...GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS...AND SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RECENT WET
PERIOD...MAY CAUSE A FEW TREES TO FALL...RESULTING IN SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES. 

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