[WeatherBulletin] Winter Storm Warning - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS42 KGSP 021633
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1133 AM EST TUE MAR 2 2010

..HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO...ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA...TO WELL EAST OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. A COMBINATION OF BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP.


GAZ010-017-NCZ051>053-058-059-062>065-507>510-SCZ001>003-030045-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100303T0500Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1133 AM EST TUE MAR 2 2010

..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH
CAROLINA THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD END BY EARLY EVENING.
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN AREAS FROM CLAYTON
AND CLARKESVILLE...TO FRANKLIN...TO SYLVA AND WAYNESVILLE...TO
ASHEVILLE AND HENDERSONVILLE...TO RUTHERFORDTON. LOCALLY HIGHER 
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BLUE
RIDGE ESCARPMENT.

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 COULD IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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