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Advisory: Winter Storm Warning from 2/25/2015 4:00 PM to 2/26/2015 7:00 AM EST for Rutherford County
Dear Nixle User,
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EST TUE FEB 24 2015

...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN TRACK QUICKLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME
TIME...COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH.
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS THE INTENSITY INCREASES AND THE TEMPERATURE COOLS WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MAKES ITS CLOSEST PASS BY THE AREA. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE EAST AND TAPER OFF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES OFFSHORE. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN TERMS OF WHERE THE DIVISION
BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE SITUATED WHICH COULD BE SOMEWHERE OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AREAS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR ELBERT...ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES.

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MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-LAURENS-CHESTER-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN PRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...
REED CREEK...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK...CROSSNORE... SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...
STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARS HILL...MARSHALL... HOT SPRINGS...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY... KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD... KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY... WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...
ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...
GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS
343 PM EST TUE FEB 24 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE.

* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW ON HIGHWAYS THAT WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN QUICKLY SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW ON HIGHWAYS.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND 30 OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS WITH MID 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP.