NWS Freezing Rain Advisory (Buncombe County)

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Freezing Rain Advisory issued March 01 at 4:25AM EST until March 01 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...FREEZING RAIN TODAY... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH TODAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING IN MOISTURE AND LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY AS WARMER TEMPERATURES SLOWLY MOVES BACK IN. ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOST CONDUCIVE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE GLAZE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREES OR POWER LINES. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

Counties Affected:
Buncombe; Cabarrus; Cleveland; Eastern Polk; Gaston; Greater Rutherford; Haywood; Henderson; Lincoln; Macon; Madison; Mecklenburg; Northern Jackson; Polk Mountains; Rutherford Mountains; Southern Jackson; Swain; Transylvania; Union

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