NWS Freezing Rain Advisory (Buncombe County)

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Freezing Rain Advisory issued December 07 at 2:10PM EST until December 08 at 8:00PM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN LIKELY MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA TODAY. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL RETURN OVER THE STALLED FRONT AND INTERACT WITH DRY AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE. ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND YANCEY COUNTY. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT AND THEN LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR...TO POSSIBLY ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH FARTHER NORTH AND WEST. * IMPACTS...THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE SLIPPERY ROADS AND BRIDGES. A FEW POWER OUTAGES COULD OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

Counties Affected:
Alexander; Buncombe; Catawba; Davie; Eastern McDowell; Greater Burke; Henderson; Iredell; Polk Mountains; Rutherford Mountains; Yancey

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