FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 409 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY.
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING. SURFACES
TEMPERATURES WILL INITIALLY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. AS A
RESULT...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. THIS WILL MAINLY
IMPACT EASTERN PORTIONS OF RALEIGH...FAYETTE...AND RANDOLPH
COUNTIES.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
HOWEVER...THE STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA MAY COMBINE WITH THE LIGHT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO CAUSE SOME TREE LIMBS TO BREAK...AS WELL AS
SOME POWER OUTAGES.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY
NOON.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL COULD TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED.
UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS COULD BE ICY. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 409 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 415 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST VIRGINIA.
.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.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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HIGH WIND WATCH
Issue Date: 338 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING HIGH WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER FRIDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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