Issued by NWS Greer, SC
000 WWUS42 KGSP 151957 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2009 NCZ033-160400- /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0011.090216T0100Z-090216T1100Z/ AVERY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWLAND 257 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY...FOR AVERY COUNTY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE TO DEVELOP SHOWERS. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALONG WITH THE MOISTURE...WHICH WILL CHANGE RAIN SHOWERS OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY DROP THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET WILL PICK UP AN INCH OR TWO OF WET SNOW BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. $$ MOORE
