[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


NCZ036-053-056-065-507-509-SCZ003-052100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/
IREDELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
POLK MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE
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.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE IN AREAS FROM ASHEVILLE AND HENDERSONVILLE...TO SALUDA
AND LAKE LURE...NORTHEAST TO HICKORY AND STATESVILLE THROUGH AT
LEAST THIS MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET...SNOW...AND ICE HAS
OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA SINCE THURSDAY EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM SALUDA... TO HENDERSONVILLE...TO ASHEVILLE...FREEZING
RAIN IS LIKELY TO PERSIST IN FAR EASTERN HENDERSON AND BUNCOMBE
COUNTIES...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OF AROUND
A HALF INCH IN AREAS FROM MONTREAT AND BLACK MOUNTAIN DOWN TO BAT
CAVE AND EDNEYVILLE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN THESE
AREAS.

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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