[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Warning - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 251932
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

..SNOW SHOWERS TO VERY SLOWLY TAPER OFF ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE OVER THE NEW YORK CITY
AREA ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL KEEP COLD AND INCREASINGLY STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MOISTURE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL
GRADUALLY DRY UP TONIGHT.


NCZ033-048>050-260500-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-100226T1100Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
232 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

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

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

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
MADISON COUNTY THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE
WARNING AREA TONIGHT...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCH TOTALS AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. THE SNOW
SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OR SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS AROUND DAYBREAK.

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AT
TIMES THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH LIKELY
DEVELOPING. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SOME
AREAS...EVEN AFTER THE SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. WIND CHILL VALUES IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD REACH FROM 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO
OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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.

&&

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GERAPETRITIS

WWWW


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