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Alert:
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...ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MOISTURE AND COLDER
AIR TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. AN AREA OF SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF THE DISTURBANCE
WILL ALLOW SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR AREAS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON EST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
SUNDAY TO NOON EST MONDAY.
* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS PLUS MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH
CAROLINA, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER FROM AROUND I-26
NORTHEAST.
* HAZARDS...LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN BY MID-AFTERNOON SUNDAY, WITH
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BEING FROM LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES MONDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ALONG THE
TENNESSEE BORDER...WITH AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED IN LOWER
ELEVATIONS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE, AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF
THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY.
* IMPACTS...SNOW ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED
VISIBILITY...AND PERHAPS ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
* TEMPERATURES...LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
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