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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
943 PM EST THU NOV 28 2013

NCZ033-048>050-052-053-291200-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE
943 PM EST THU NOV 28 2013

...PATCHY BLACK ICE TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

TEMPERATURES REACHED INTO THE UPPER 30S AND 40S ACROSS MUCH OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM HAYWOOD COUNTY...ACROSS THE
ASHEVILLE AREA...AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS PERMITTED MUCH OF THE LINGERING SNOW COVER TO MELT
ACROSS THE REGION. ANY WET ROADWAYS FROM THIS SNOW MELT WILL
LIKELY FREEZE OVER AGAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE
TEENS AND LOWER 20S.

BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AND LINGER UNTIL
9 AM...WHEN TEMPERATURES SHOULD START RECOVERING ABOVE FREEZING.
USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS THAT MAY CREATE DRIVING
HAZARDS.

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