ICE STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1046 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION TONIGHT...
.RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT. COLD HIGH PRESSURE IS
FORECAST TO FUNNEL SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES SOUTHWEST INTO
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...CAUSING PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS
FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS
EXPECTED WEST OF LINE FROM LENOIR TO MARION AND ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. A LESSER...BUT STILL CONCERNING LEVEL
OF ICE MAY BE SEEN ELSEWHERE ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR FROM
ASHEVILLE TO STATESVILLE...AND ALONG THE US 74 CORRIDOR FROM
HENDERSONVILLE TO SHELBY.
NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-242130-
/O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0001.091224T2300Z-091225T1700Z/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION
1046 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST FRIDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST FRIDAY.
RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
LATER FRIDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER
INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST
TOTALS EXPECTED ON EAST-FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. IN ADDITION TO THE
ICE...SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 35 MPH...AND THE WINDS MAY
GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET. ICE ACCUMULATION AND WINDS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 448 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   ICE STORM WARNING.
.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.
   ICE STORM WARNING.
ONCE TEMPERATURES RECOVER ABOVE FREEZING EARLY FRIDAY...THE
COMBINATION OF RECENT RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW AND ICE COULD LEAD
TO ISOLATED HIGH WATER CONDITIONS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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