WWUS42 KGSP 242350 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPGRADED CLEVELAND/GASTON CTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 646 PM EST MON JAN 24 2000 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS EVENING FOR THE PART OF THE UPSTATE AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS EVENING FOR PART OF THE CENTRAL UPSTATE AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY THE HEAVY SNOWS OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN UPSTATE AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. AMOUNTS WILL DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AS YOU GO WEST OF THIS AREA...WITH FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN CHARLOTTE...2 TO 4 INCHES IN SPARTANBURG AND AROUND AN INCH IN GREENVILLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW...ICING FROM THE PAST STORM...AND A BRISK NORTHEAST WIND HAS LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THIS AFTERNOON. TREES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL LOSE POWER. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS UNDER THESE CONDITIONS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN THE WARNING AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. NCZ082-SCZ007>009-012>014-250400- CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG-UNION NC-UNION SC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...GAFFNEY...LAURENS...MONROE... ROCK HILL...SPARTANBURG...UNION 646 PM EST MON JAN 24 2000 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS EVENING... HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. THE HIGHEST STORM TOTALS...OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WILL BE FOUND FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY EAST TO MONROE. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES. THE WEIGHT OF THIS HEAVY...WET SNOW...COMBINED WITH THE GLAZE OF ICE FROM THE LAST WINTER STORM...HAS FELLED NUMEROUS TREES AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.. $$ NCZ071-072-250400- CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD 646 PM EST MON JAN 24 2000 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS EVENING... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW FALLS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES SOUTH OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. THE WEIGHT OF THIS HEAVY...WET SNOW...COMBINED WITH THE GLAZE OF ICE FROM THE LAST WINTER STORM...HAS FELLED NUMEROUS TREES AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. $$ SCZ011-019-250400- ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD 646 PM EST MON JAN 24 2000 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS EVENING... HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE WEIGHT OF THIS HEAVY...WET SNOW...COMBINED WITH THE GLAZE OF ICE FROM THE LAST WINTER STORM...HAS FELLED TREES AND CAUSED POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. $$ NCZ068-070-250400- CLEVELAND-GASTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GASTONIA...SHELBY 646 PM EST MON JAN 24 2000 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS EVENING... PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW FALLS WILL RANGE FROM ONLY A TRACE OR ONE INCH OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF CLEVELAND COUNTY AND NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY...TO AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THE WEIGHT OF THIS HEAVY...WET SNOW...COMBINED WITH THE GLAZE OF ICE FROM THE LAST WINTER STORM...COULD FELL TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. AREAS FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST HAVE RECEIVED MUCH MORE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY IN THE DIRECTION OF YORK AND GAFFNEY SOUTH CAROLINA.