WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 349 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...HEAVY ICING POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT...AND A WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY
APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE
TIME ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-GRAYSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...
VOLNEY
349 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY
EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICING MAY BE WIDESPREAD BY
NOON THURSDAY. AREAS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BLUE RIDGE
PARKWAY MAY SEE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICING.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ROAD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME ICY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 348 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.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...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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