WSWatches Issued For Some Areas Already...

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1100 AM EST WED DEC 3 2003

...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA...

.A COLD AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE AIR MASS WILL MOVE PAST TO THE NORTH
TODAY WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZES TO THE WEST. MOISTURE
WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACK IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND
PRECIPITATION SHOULD DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER.

PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

NCZ033-048>050-052-053-064-065-032200-
AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-
TRANSYLVANIA NC-YANCEY NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...BURNSVILLE...
HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE AND WAYNESVILLE
1100 AM EST WED DEC 3 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY...

PRECIPITATION SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS BY DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY...AND COULD FALL IN THE FORM OF
SNOW AND SLEET...PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. AN
ACCUMULATION OF ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE BEFORE
THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO A COMBINATION OF RAIN AND FREEZING
RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE QUARTER INCH BY LATE AFTERNOON. THAT AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATION
WOULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AT MANY LOCATIONS BY EARLY
EVENING.

$$

NCZ034>037-054>057-066>069-032200-
ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-
IREDELL NC-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL NC-POLK NC-ROWAN NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...HICKORY...LENOIR...LINCOLNTON...
MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MORGANTON...NEWTON...RUTHERFORDTON...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE AND TAYLORSVILLE
1100 AM EST WED DEC 3 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY...

PRECIPITATION SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND COULD FALL
INITIALLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SOME ACCUMULATION OF
SLEET IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT AND DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST DATA INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE
THAN A HALF INCH ACCUMULATION OF ICE...ON TOP OF ANY SLEET AND SNOW
WHICH FALLS EARLY IN THE DAY.

$$
JONES



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WSWRNK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1030 AM EST WED DEC 3 2003

.A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE
MOVING EASTWARD AND PASS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE UP
AND OVER THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE WHICH IS IN PLACE OVER OUR AREA. A
WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA...MOST LIKELY BEGINNING AS SNOW OR SLEET...THEN CHANGING OVER TO
MAINLY FREEZING RAIN.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-022-032-033-043-044-058-WVZ042-
032100-
ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-BLAND VA-CARROLL VA-CASWELL NC-FLOYD VA-
FRANKLIN VA-GILES VA-GRAYSON VA-HALIFAX VA-HENRY VA-MERCER WV-
MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA-
ROCKINGHAM NC-SMYTH VA-STOKES NC-SURRY NC-TAZEWELL VA-WATAUGA NC-
WILKES NC-WYTHE VA-YADKIN NC-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WYTHEVILLE...TAZEWELL...
SALEM CITY...PEARISBURG...MARTINSVILLE CITY...GALAX CITY...
DANVILLE CITY...BLUEFIELD...BLACKSBURG...WILKESBORO...SPARTA...
EDEN...DOBSON AND BOONE
1030 AM EST WED DEC 3 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...

SNOW OR SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN BY
NOON THURSDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT...CHANGING TO RAIN IN MOST AREAS DURING THE MORNING FRIDAY.

AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
ICING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE
ON ELEVATED SURFACES ARE POSSIBLE. THAT AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION
COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. ROADS MAY
BECOME TREACHEROUS AS WELL...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

$$


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1040 AM EST WED DEC 3 2003

WVZ035-036-046-050600-
FAYETTE WV-POCAHONTAS WV-RALEIGH WV-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE AND MARLINTON
1040 AM EST WED DEC 3 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY THROUGH 1 AM
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING
RAIN ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...SNOW
AND SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IN FAYETTE AND RALEIGH COUNTIES...THE
BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS IN THE EASTERN THIRD
OF THESE COUNTIES.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...IN THE FUTURE...BUT IT IS NOT CERTAIN OR IMMINENT. THERE
REMAINS UNCERTAINITY TO HOW MUCH PRECIPTATION WILL FALL...WHILE
TEMPERATURES REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING.

MONITOR FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS THROUGH THURSDAY. IF THE THREAT OF
SEVERE ICING INCREASES...A WINTER STORM WARNING WOULD BE POSTED.
LESSER ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY PROMPT AN ADVISORY.

STAY TUNED. :o