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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1149 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
NCZ051-240600-
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SWAIN-
1149 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT
LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES ACROSS THE SMOKIES THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
NCZ050-241000-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260224T1000Z/
/O.EXT.KGSP.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260224T1000Z/
MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POPLAR AND SPRUCE PINE
1149 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY ABOVE
3500 FEET...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY
BELOW 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET, SNOW.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET,
SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS
HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...MITCHELL COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED
ROADWAYS. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES. ROADS, AND
ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW
THAT COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.
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.
NCZ033-241000-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260224T1000Z/
AVERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INGALLS, NEWLAND, AND BANNER ELK
1149 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
..WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS GUSTING
AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...AVERY COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW
THAT COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.
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.
NCZ048-049-052-241000-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260224T1000Z/
MADISON-YANCEY-HAYWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BURNSVILLE, COVE CREEK, WALNUT, CRUSO,
MARS HILL, CANTON, LUCK, WATERVILLE, WAYNESVILLE, ALLENSTAND,
RAMSEYTOWN, MARSHALL, MICAVILLE, CELO, SWISS, HOT SPRINGS, FAUST,
AND BUSICK
1149 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS GUSTING
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...HAYWOOD, MADISON, AND YANCEY COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW
THAT COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.
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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