HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 348 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 340 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT...
.RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. COLD HIGH PRESSURE
IS FORECAST TO FUNNEL SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES SOUTHWEST INTO
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...CAUSING PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS FREEZING
RAIN AND PERHAPS SOME SLEET. AT THIS POINT...A DAMAGING
ACCUMULATION OF ICE MAY OCCUR 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.
NCZ033-049-050-501>506-241000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WS.A.0009.091224T2300Z-091225T1700Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION
340 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET THURSDAY
NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER FRIDAY MORNING. A DAMAGING ACCUMULATION
OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA CAUSING POWER INTERRUPTIONS
AND POSSIBLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
CSH