NWS Greenville/Spartanburg: Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
254 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2007

...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED IN PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...

.A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
PASSAGE OF THE LOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGHER ELEVATIONS
COULD SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THIS TIME...THOUGH AMOUNTS WILL
BE HIGHLY VARIABLE. WINDS WILL TURN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BEHIND
THE LOW...AND NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS WILL LAST THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY.

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AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
254 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND
MADISON COUNTY...DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS SATURDAY. BY EVENING
AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 3500 FEET. SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...WHILE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS SHOULD SEE CLOSER TO
1 TO 2 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW SHOWERS END SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS SATURDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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