...FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

.MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL STREAM INTO THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY, INTERACTING WITH A WEDGE OF COLD
AND DRY AIR IN PLACE TO PRODUCE LIGHT, WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT, WITH LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF
THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR
EXPERIENCING THE MOST ICING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING
FROM A FEW HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
IN MOST AREAS. LOCATIONS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR IN THE
NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS, AND NEAR THE SALUDA GRADE IN THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS, COULD SEE ONE TO NEARLY TWO TENTHS OF
AN INCH OF ICE IN A FEW SPOTS.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF PIEDMONT AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS
INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT, THE
I-40 CORRIDOR, AND LOCATIONS WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE
CHARLOTTE SUBURBS.

* WHEN...UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE, WITH MAINLY
BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES AFFECTED. SOME TREE BRANCHES AND
POWER LINES COULD SAG, AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
THE MORNING COMMUTE COULD BE AFFECTED IN SOME LOCATIONS, BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY WARM FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. A FEW POWER OUTAGES
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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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