...ACCUMULATING ICE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...

.PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL
INITIALLY BE ABOVE FREEZING, ALLOWING JUST RAIN TO FALL ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA, THE FALLING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COOL
THE ATMOSPHERE, WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES DEVELOPING IN SOME
LOCATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT, ESPECIALLY ACROSS AVERY COUNTY. LIGHT
ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF AVERY COUNTY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY AROUND SUNRISE, ALLOWING PRECIPITATION
TO CHANGE BACK TO RAIN.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
7 AM EST FRIDAY...

* WHAT...FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* WHERE...AVERY COUNTY.

* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...ICING IS MAINLY EXPECTED ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND
TREES. HOWEVER, SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP ON SOME ROADS,
ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE
POWER OUTAGES.

PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A
MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT
OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT
USING HASHTAG NWSGSP.

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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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...

* WHAT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
EXPECTED.

* WHERE...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF AVERY, MADISON, YANCEY,
MITCHELL, SWAIN, HAYWOOD, GRAHAM AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES.

* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IF OPERATING A HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLE. SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

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