Winter Storm Warning - Yancey (North Carolina)

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ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES
OVERNIGHT...WHILE ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY.
MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY. COLD
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE A MIX OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING IN
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

NCZ033-048>053-059-091115-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WS.W.0006.100209T0500Z-100211T1200Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
NORTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA
1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY.

WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
BEGIN AS SNOW AND TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BY MID DAY
TUESDAY. LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL
AND PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SNOW. MOIST COLD AIR IS FORECAST
TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND
SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHILE WINDS BECOME STRONG
AND GUSTY...REACHING 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. BLOWING SNOW MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THE TIME SNOW
ENDS THURSDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE
FORECAST TO RAPIDLY FALL TO AROUND 15 DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL APPROACH 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...
ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.


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