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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1106 AM EST WED NOV 14 2018

..ACCUMULATING ICE AND SLEET POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST FROM THE PLAINS STATES WILL SEND ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE REGION ATOP A WEDGE OF SURFACE-BASED COLD AIR TONIGHT. THIS SETUP WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR NOTONLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION, BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET - ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BETHLEHEM, ELLENDALE, MILLERSVILLE,TAYLORSVILLE, HIDDENITE,STONY POINT, KINGS CREEK, LENOIR, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS, MORGANTON, PLEASANT GROVE, VALDESE,MARION, NEBO, DYSARTSVILLE, FERO, GLENWOOD, SALUDA, TIGERVILLE,GOWENSVILLE, AND CLEVELAND 1106 AM EST WED NOV 14 2018

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED.

 * WHERE...PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND PIEDMONT AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

 * WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 

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. 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1106 AM EST WED NOV 14 2018 ...ACCUMULATING ICE AND SLEET POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST FROM THE PLAINS STATES WILL SEND ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE REGION ATOP A WEDGE OF SURFACE-BASED COLD AIR TONIGHT. THIS SETUP WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR NOT ONLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION, BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET - ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NCZ035-502-504-506-507-509-SCZ003-150015- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0015.18 1115T0000Z-181115T1800Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BETHLEHEM, ELLENDALE, MILLERSVILLE, TAYLORSVILLE, HIDDENITE, STONY POINT,

  KINGS CREEK, LENOIR, SAWMILLS, GRANITE FALLS, MORGANTON, PLEASANT GROVE, VALDESE, MARION, NEBO, DYSARTSVILLE, FERO, GLENWOOD, SALUDA, TIGERVILLE, GOWENSVILLE, AND CLEVELAND 1106 AM EST WED NOV 14 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. * WHERE...PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND PIEDMONT AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WE

 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.