HIDENEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA
1049 AM EST FRI NOV 21 2008
.NOW...
NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAIN COUNTIES ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER INTO THE MID DAY
HOURS. THE SNOW IS COATING THE AREA ROADS NEAR THE TENNESSEE
BORDER...MAKING FOR INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. EXPECT
ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY MID AFTERNOON.
HIDE HIDENEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
1155 AM EST FRI NOV 21 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FROM YANCEY COUNTY TO AVERY COUNTY.
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MOISTURE INTO THE
MOUNTAINS FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AFFECTED
AREA...ADDING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...AND ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
WILL BRING TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTIES...WITH VALUES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
CLOSER TO THE BLUE RIDGE.
MANY ROADWAYS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. USE EXTREME
CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON.
A FEW OF THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
THIS MAY KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
HIDE 
