[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Warning - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 051359
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
859 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010


NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-052100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-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
859 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

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

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

SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. PRECIPITATION WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET OF 1/4
TO 1/2 INCH IS LIKELY. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA SINCE THURSDAY EVENING. THE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES
WILL BECOME MORE COMMON AS ICE BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE. BY THIS
AFTERNOON...POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY BE WIDESPREAD...ESPECIALLY
IN AREAS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...FROM NEWLAND...TO SPRUCE PINE...TO
OLD FORT. MEANWHILE...LOCATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO SEE MOSTLY RAIN.

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 CAUSE NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES.

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