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Advisory: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EST THU JAN 5 2017

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EST THU JAN 5 2017

...HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS...

.A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THIS IS LIKELY TO CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES SATURDAY MORNING.

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SCZ001>003-005>009-012>014-060400-
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/O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.170107T0000Z-170107T1800Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENV ILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...HOLLYWOOD...
STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...FARMINGTON...FORK CHURCH...
MOCKSVILLE...ADVANCE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...
SALISBURY...BREVARD...CEDAR MOUNTAIN...LITTLE RIVER...
HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...DANA...EAST FLAT ROCK...TUXEDO...
ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON...CROUSE...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY...
INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...
SPINDALE...SALUDA...TRYON...COLUMBUS...MILL SPRING...
MOUNTAIN REST...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...
TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CLEVELAND...EASLEY...DACUSVILLE...
CLEMSON...GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...FORK SHOALS...
SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...CATAWBA...
ROCK HILL...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...MONARCH MILLS...CHESTER...
CORNWELL...GREAT FALLS
315 PM EST THU JAN 5 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7
PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA.

* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND
M AY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE
SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.

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.

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 GREENVI LLE 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.