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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1255 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2026
NCZ033-048>050-070500-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0003.260206T1800Z-260207T1200Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEWLAND, FAUST, BANNER ELK, AND INGALLS
1255 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 4
INCHES WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS SEEING 6 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE
TENNESSEE BORDER. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH, AND UP TO 70
MPH ON HIGHER RIDGETOPS.
* WHERE...AVERY, MADISON, MITCHELL, AND YANCEY COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND MAY
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT
THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING,
WHICH COULD SHARPLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
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