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WSWGSP
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
156 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ033-048>052-058-161800-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.260316T1700Z-260317T0700Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BANNER ELK, NEWLAND, AND FAUST
156 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3
AM EDT TUESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO 3 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET. A
DUSTING TO POSSIBLY AN INCH IN SOME LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.
* WHERE...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN COUNTIES ALONG THE TENNESSEE
BORDER ABOVE 3500 FEET.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PRODUCE
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE
MONDAY EVENING COMMUTE. STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES
AND POWER LINES.
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.
RWH
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