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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1110 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO
THIS EVENING. WET TOP SOIL...COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE A FEW TREES TO BECOME UPROOTED...RESULTING IN
POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES AND BLOCKED ROADS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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SNOW OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

NCZ033-048>052-058-080000-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0002.090108T0000Z-090109T0000Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE
1058 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

MOIST WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES MOVING IN
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SNOW OVER THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. BY THE TIME SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE
THURSDAY...1 TO 3 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY
ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES FROM ROBBINSVILLE TO HOT
SPRINGS TO NEWLAND.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. MOISTURE
FROM TODAY/S RAINFALL AND ONGOING RUNOFF MAY FREEZE ON BRIDGES...
OVERPASSES...AND HIGH ELEVATION ROADS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING AFTER
SUNSET SHOULD ANTICIPATE PATCHES OF BLACK ICE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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