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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
150 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
NCZ050-220400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0002.260222T0500Z-260224T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0004.260222T0500Z-260224T0500Z/
MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POPLAR AND SPRUCE PINE
150 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
EST MONDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3500 FEET...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT BELOW 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET, HEAVY SNOW
EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES. FOR
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET, SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS
ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
* WHERE...MITCHELL COUNTY.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND MAY
PRODUCE A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE
MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH COULD RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITY SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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.
NCZ033-220400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0002.260222T0500Z-260224T0500Z/
AVERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BANNER ELK, INGALLS, AND NEWLAND
150 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
EST MONDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MOSTLY
BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES, WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE
ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER AND IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS.
* WHERE...AVERY COUNTY.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND MAY
PRODUCE A FEW POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE
MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH COULD RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITY SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
NCZ048-049-052-220400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0004.260222T0500Z-260224T0500Z/
MADISON-YANCEY-HAYWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRUSO, LUCK, RAMSEYTOWN, WATERVILLE,
MICAVILLE, SWISS, BURNSVILLE, BUSICK, WALNUT, COVE CREEK,
WAYNESVILLE, HOT SPRINGS, ALLENSTAND, MARSHALL, CANTON, MARS
HILL, FAUST, AND CELO
150 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, MAINLY ALONG THE
TENNESSEE BORDER.
* WHERE...HAYWOOD, MADISON, AND YANCEY COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE, MAINLY
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT
THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH COULD RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN THE HIGH
ELEVATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
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.
NCZ051-220400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0004.260222T0500Z-260224T0500Z/
SWAIN-
150 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES, WITH A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE ON THE
HIGH PEAKS OF THE SMOKIES. UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE
VALLEYS BENEATH THE SMOKIES.
* WHERE...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF SWAIN COUNTY.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE, MAINLY
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT
THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WINDS GUSTING FROM 35 TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN THE HIGH
ELEVATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
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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