SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 239 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FREEZING RAIN TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY...
LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN
INTENSITY AND COVERAGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH 500 AM. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR
THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT INCLUDING AREAS FROM AROUND SALUDA TO
OLD FORT AND MORGANTON WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ACCUMULATING ICE
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO HALF
OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 AM...ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED SURFACES INCLUDING TREES AND POWERLINES. ROAD CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...FOLLOWED BY MAIN STEM ROADS AND TRAVEL IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. AS ICE CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND
POWERLINES AND GUSTY WINDS PERSIST...DOWNED TREES WILL INCREASE AS
WILL POWER OUTAGES.
$$
BSH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 403 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.
THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW AND ICE MAY
LEAD TO ISOLATED FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS ON FRIDAY. A
PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS FRIDAY MORNING...COMBINED WITH WET GROUND
AND A GLAZE OF ICE...COULD ALSO KNOCK DOWN A LARGE NUMBER OF TREES
AND POWER LINES EARLY IN THE DAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WIND
DAMAGE AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$

ICE STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 405 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.
NCZ033-049-050-501>506-241715-
/O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0009.091224T2300Z-091225T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.IS.W.0001.091224T2300Z-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
405 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
LATER FRIDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO OVER ONE
HALF INCHES 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. THESE ACCUMULATIONS
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.
$$

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