NWS Winter Weather Advisory (Buncombe County)

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Winter Weather Advisory issued March 04 at 2:49PM EST until March 05 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...MUCH COLDER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY... .A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATRUES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW BEGINNING EARY THURSDAY. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVEN SOME SNOW DURING THURSDAY. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS ADJACENT TO TENNESSEE AND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING ELSEWHERE BY MIDDAY. SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONE-TENTH TO TWO- TENTHS OVER THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES...WITH LESS THAN ONE- TENTH ELSEWHERE. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...THE ICE AND SNOW WILL CREATE SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING WELL INTO THE 20S. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

Counties Affected:
Avery; Buncombe; Graham; Haywood; Madison; Mitchell; Northern Jackson; Swain; Yancey

Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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