Winter Storm Warning for Rabun County to begin on Friday

January 21, 2016 Universal
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-
LINCOLN-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...
ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON...
WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...
CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA
434 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016

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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.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...THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
  THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

* HAZARDS...BLACK ICE WILL LINGER ON UNTREATED ROADS THIS MORNING.
  A SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL START TONIGHT
  AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.

* TIMING...BLACK ICE WILL REMAIN ON AREA ROADWAYS SUNRISE THIS
  MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM THIS EVENING
  THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* IMPACTS...BLACK ICE COULD RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADS THIS MORNING.
  HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL
  DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... AND COULD COMBINE
  WITH GUSTY WINDS TO RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT REFREEZING OF
ROADS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD
BLACK ICE. BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SOME ROADS THAT
APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN
BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP.
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