WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 412 AM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
SATURDAY...
.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO
OFFSHORE OF THE OUTER BANKS ON SATURDAY. A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD RAIN
AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM. ENOUGH
COLD AIR IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE.
NCZ033-048>050-042130-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.A.0007.091205T0500Z-091206T0500Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
411 AM EST FRI DEC 4 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FROM SOUTH
TO NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH...BEGINNING AS ALL SNOW ABOVE 3500
FEET...AND A RAIN SNOW MIX IN THE VALLEYS. AS PRECIPITATION
INTENSIFIES SATURDAY MORNING...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY
FLOORS. THE SNOW SHOULD RAPIDLY TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
END BY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR INCH
ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEYS...TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES ACROSS
THE RIDGES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 429 PM EST THU DEC 03 2009
Expiration: 430 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO FALL
WELL BELOW FREEZING. BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP ON UNTREATED
ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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