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Jan 21 16 3:01 AM
4:34am EST, Thu Jan 21
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS... NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA... AND THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA.
* HAZARDS... A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
* TIMING... FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... ALONG WITH ONE QUARTER TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* IMPACTS... THE FORECAST AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE LOW 30S.
* WINDS... NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
... AREAS OF BLACK ICE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...
... MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
.AS FREEZING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THIS MORNING... ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OR BECOME SLICK DUE TO LINGERING SNOW PACK OR BLACK ICE.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN IMPACTING THE AREA TONIGHT... WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS... WHILE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS.
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