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WWUS42 KGSP 210240
WSWGSP
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
940 PM EST WED NOV 20 2024
NCZ033-048>050-211100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0008.241121T1800Z-241123T1200Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BANNER ELK, HOT SPRINGS, POPLAR, CELO,
MARS HILL, INGALLS, ALLENSTAND, RAMSEYTOWN, SWISS, WALNUT,
BUSICK, SPRUCE PINE, BURNSVILLE, FAUST, MICAVILLE, MARSHALL,
NEWLAND, AND LUCK
940 PM EST WED NOV 20 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7
AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY OF 1 TO 2
INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS, AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON RIDGETOPS, WITH A
FEW ISOLATED RIDGETOP LOCATIONS SEEING 4 TO 6 INCHES. WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
* WHERE...AVERY, MADISON, MITCHELL, AND YANCEY COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD
IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES. GUSTY
WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
NCZ051-052-211100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0008.241121T1800Z-241123T1200Z/
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
940 PM EST WED NOV 20 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7
AM EST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
MAINLY OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES ON THE HIGHEST
RIDGETOPS GENERALLY ABOVE 5000 FEET. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45
MPH.
* WHERE...HAYWOOD AND SWAIN COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD
IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES. GUSTY
WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
RWH
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