[WeatherBulletin] Winter Weather Advisory

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 120919
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
419 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

..SNOW LIKELY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO TODAY. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A TRACK THAT IS
UNUSUALLY FAR TO THE SOUTH...SUCH THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
WITH THE LOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE EXTREME
WESTERN CAROLINAS AROUND NOON ON FRIDAY...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD
DURING THE DAY. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SUPPLYING COLD AND DRY AIR FROM
THE NORTH...IT APPEARS THAT ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WILL BE IN THE FORM
OF SNOW. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE PAST QUICKLY AND THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY EVENING...EXCEPT
IN THE COUNTIES ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THE HIGHEST SNOW
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH ACCUMULATIONS TAPERING
OFF TO THE NORTH.


NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-121730-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0015.100212T2200Z-100213T1100Z/
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...CHESTER
419 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY EARLY THIS EVENING...
WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
SOUTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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