[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Warning - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 241623
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1123 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010

..SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY..WITH MORE SNOW ALONG THE
TENNESSEE BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IS
EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...THOUGH A PERIOD OR
TWO OF ALL SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE LOW WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS
IT MOVES UP THE ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL
TURN THE WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...ENDING SNOW EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS...BUT RESULTING IS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD SNOW
SHOWERS...WINDY CONDITIONS AND COLD TEMPERATURES NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER.


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AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
1123 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH AN BE
EXPECTED...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY...AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE
BORDER. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH
AT TIMES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND
PERIODS OF NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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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WWWW


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