HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1023 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 1030 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 Expires:200912120330;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1020 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
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BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1020 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AS
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST. COLD
AIR TRAPPED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE COULD CAUSE
THIS PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX
SATURDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WOULD SLOWLY CHANGE TO
FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE COMPLETELY
TO RAIN BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR THIS
WINTRY MIX WOULD BE THE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA...AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LIGHT ICE
ACCRETIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 253 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE
RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...PERHAPS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WINDS AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN MORE UPROOTED TREES...AND POSSIBLY CAUSE POWER
INTERRUPTIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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