[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Warning - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 050009
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
708 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.


NCZ036-037-053-056-064-065-068-069-507>510-SCZ003-050615-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/
IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-
LINCOLN-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
HICKORY...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
708 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010

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

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

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW...
OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...BY MIDNIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. AFTER
MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH FREEZING
RAIN...BEFORE BECOMING ALL FREEZING RAIN BY SUNRISE. 1 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS FROM BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...AND ASHEVILLE... EAST TO RUTHERFORDTON...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON AND STATESVILLE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION
OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.

WHILE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE PIEDMONT AND LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
THIS COULD RESULT IN VERY HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...AND
POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES IN AREAS FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN
AND LAKE LURE DOWN TO SALUDA.

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 SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

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WWWW


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