[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Watch

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 232038
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

..SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT
AND UP THE ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. WITH VERY
COLD AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

NCZ033-048>052-058-240445-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0019.100224T0500Z-100224T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.WS.A.0007.100224T2300Z-100226T0500Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE
338 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA ALONG THE
TENNESSEE BORDER LATE TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. BEFORE THE
SNOW TAPERS OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA.

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...DRIVEN BY STOUT
AND VERY COLD NORTHWEST WINDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS
FAVORED AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH..WILL
RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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