Freezing Rain Advisory tonight & Friday for parts of the Carolinas
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EST THU FEB 3 2011
…DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM TO BRING ICE TO PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA…
.PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT…LIKELY
STARTING OUT AS A SLEET AND RAIN MIX. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
QUICKLY ONCE THE PRECIP BEGINS TO FALL AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO
OR BELOW FREEZING IN SOME AREAS…ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE MOUNTAINS…AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS WILL ALLOW FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP…WITH
SOME SLEET POSSIBLY MIXING IN AT TIMES. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW.
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HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CLAYTON…NEWLAND…STATESVILLE…
MOCKSVILLE…SPRUCE PINE…WAYNESVILLE…ASHEVILLE…HICKORY…
SALISBURY…SYLVA…FRANKLIN…BREVARD…HENDERSONVILLE…
LENOIR…MORGANTON…MARION…LAKE LURE
322 PM EST THU FEB 3 2011
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM
EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS…NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS…MUCH OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS…THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN
FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
* HAZARDS…FREEZING RAIN COATING TREES AND POWER LINES AND
CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
* TIMING…PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THIS EVENING…AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN DURING
THE AFTERNOON IN MOST AREAS.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…TRACE AMOUNTS TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN
INCH IN MOST AREAS. HOWEVER…LOCATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE
WILL SEE HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE ESCARPMENT
COULD SEE AS MUCH AS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* IMPACTS…SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS…ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. SOME DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES COULD LEAD TO
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE.
* TEMPERATURES…LOWERING TO FREEZING ONCE PRECIPITATION STARTS
LATE TONIGHT…GRADUALLY WARMING ABOVE FREEZING ON FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
