NWS Freezing Rain Advisory (Yancey County)

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Freezing Rain Advisory issued March 02 at 3:16PM EST until March 03 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... .AFTER COOL HIGH PRESSURE MOVES PAST TO THE NORTH TONIGHT...MOISTURE WILL RETURN FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE TOP OF A COLD AND DRY AIR MASS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA ON TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY AROUND DAYBREAK NORTH OF I-40 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS AND BLUE RIDGE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB BACK ABOVE FREEZING BY MID TO LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY. ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN ZONES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. * HAZARDS...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...MAINLY ON TREE LIMBS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND 4 AM...THEN CHANGING TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES. UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BECOME SLIPPERY AROUND DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN PATCHY DENSE FOG AND FREEZING FOG.

Counties Affected:
Avery; Burke Mountains; Caldwell Mountains; McDowell Mountains; Mitchell; Yancey

Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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