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WWUS42 KGSP 191952
WSWGSP
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016
...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY...
.THE COLD AND DRY AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION IS SETTING THE
STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM THE WEST
ON WEDNESDAY. CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED THAT SNOW WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS RESULTING...FOLLOWED BY BLACK ICE DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW
THIS NEXT ONE LATER IN THE WEEK...AND OTHER WATCH...WARNING...OR
ADVISORY PRODUCTS COULD BE EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR THE SECOND
SYSTEM.
GAZ010-017-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-200400-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0002.160120T1200Z-160121T1200Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...MARS HILL...
MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...
LAKE JUNALUSKA...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...
HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS
252 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY
TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY...
* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...INCLUDING MADISON...HAYWOOD...JACKSON...
SWAIN...GRAHAM...AND MACON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE GREAT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS. ALSO...RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA.
* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW...POSSIBLY FOLLOWED BY BLACK ICE.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH LATE
DAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...THEN BLACK ICE MAY FORM ON AREA ROADWAYS THROUGH
DAYBREAK THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
TOTALS POSSIBLE ALONG RIDGES SOUTHWEST OF THE SMOKIES.
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS SHOULD
RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE
NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. A TRACE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT
AS WELL.
* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SUBFREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY AND TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
* WINDS...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
ALONG THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN RIDGES.
* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN 20S AND LOWER 30S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. BLACK ICE MAY LINGER AFTER THE SNOW ENDS THURSDAY
MORNING.
PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A
MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT
OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG NWSGSP.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN BE FOUND AT
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