790 WWUS41 KCLE 030005 WSWCLE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 705 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 OHZ013-014-089-PAZ001>003-031157- ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-CRAWFORD PA PA-GEAUGA OH- NORTHERN ERIE PA PA-SOUTHERN ERIE PA PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHTABULA...CHARDON...ERIE... JEFFERSON AND MEADVILLE 705 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT... MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND WILL TAPER OFF BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THE WIND WILL BE GUSTY AT 20 TO AS HIGH AS 30 MPH AT TIMES CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH THE MODERATE SNOWFALL...WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING...BE SURE TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AND DRIVE SLOWLY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ LOMBARDY  648 WWUS43 KDLH 030212 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 811 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 WIZ002>004-030300- ASHLAND WI-BAYFIELD WI-IRON WI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND 811 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 ...LAKE SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW THAT FELL INTO THE EVENING ALONG THE GOGEBIC RANGE HAD DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY AS OF 8 PM. THEREFORE...THE LAKE SNOW WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BAYFIELD...ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ DAP  685 WWUS43 KGRB 030226 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 824 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 ...HEAVY LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE ENDED... .THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AS COLD AIR FLOWS ACROSS THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY OFF SHORE. THE SNOW SHOWERS COULD BRUSH ACROSS LAKESHORE AREAS AT TIMES...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT SHOULD BE RATHER LIGHT. WIZ040-050-030330- KEWAUNEE WI-MANITOWOC WI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC 824 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ SKOWRONSKI WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRB  350 WWUS43 KLOT 030245 WSWCHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 900 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 ILZ006-014-031000- COOK IL-LAKE IL- 900 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 ...THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING HAVE RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...THIS IS ON TOP OF THE TWO INCHES RECEIVED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SEVERAL AREAS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE OCCURRING ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN...WITH WINDS ALONG THE LAKE FRONT TURNING EASTERLY. PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. AT 8 PM THE CITY OF CHICAGO REPORTED THAT MOST MAJOR ROADS WERE TREATED AND WET...ALTHOUGH SECONDARY ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ ROGOWSKI  374 WWUS43 KMQT 030313 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1005 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 MIZ006-031100- ALGER MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS AND MUNISING 1005 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY OVERNIGHT... LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. BETWEEN 10 PM AND 6 AM...EXPECT ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM MELSTRAND TO WETMORE AND CHATHAM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE REDUCED SHARPLY IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. $$ ROLFSON  782 WWUS41 KCLE 030316 WSWCLE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1013 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 OHZ013-014-089-PAZ001>003-030412- ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-CRAWFORD PA PA-GEAUGA OH- NORTHERN ERIE PA PA-SOUTHERN ERIE PA PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHTABULA...CHARDON...ERIE... JEFFERSON AND MEADVILLE 1013 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE SNOW THAT AFFECTED NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED FLURRIES. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WERE STILL GUSTING AS HIGH AS 20 TO 25 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING OF SNOW THAT IS ON THE GROUND REDUCING VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY. $$ LOMBARDY  097 WWUS43 KLBF 030330 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 915 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH MUCH OF THE HIGH PLAINS AND IS NOW BANKED UP AGAINST THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA WILL COMBINE WITH UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD OUT OF MEXICO TO CREATE WIDEPREAD SNOW. NEZ004-094-031514- SHERIDAN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...HAY SPRINGS AND RUSHVILLE 915 PM CST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE INCHES FALLING TOMORROW. BY TUESDAY EVENING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. PERSONS TRAVELING OVER NORTHWEST NEBRASKA LATER TONIGHT OR TUESDAY SHOULD LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS AS TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ IZZI  043 WWUS41 KBUF 030330 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1025 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 ...LOCAL LAKE SNOWS IN ARCTIC AIR STILL POSE A PROBLEM... A NORTHWEST FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR CROSSING LAKE ONTARIO WILL PRODUCE VERY LOCALIZED LAKE EFFECT SNOWBANDS THROUGH PART OF THE NIGHT. THE WESTERN PORTION OF OSWEGO COUNTY COULD PICK UP AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOW UNDER THE BAND OF SNOW. THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A FEW FLURRIES BY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A MAJOR LAKE EFFECT STORM...THIS SNOWAND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DROP VISIBILTIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES AND MAKE ROADS VERY SLIPPERY. NYZ006-030800- OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF OSWEGO 1025 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH 3AM... A NARROW BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVER WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY COULD PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF FRESH SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE BAND IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TOWARD DAYBREAK. $$  696 WWUS41 KCTP 030336 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1030 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 PAZ004>006-010-011-030345- CAMERON PA-ELK PA-MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-WARREN PA- 1030 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE SNOW THAT AFFECTED THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS DIMINISHED TO JUST SCATTERED FLURRIES. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...THERE COULD STILL BE SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION OVERNIGHT. ALSO...FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AROUND ZERO DEGREES OVERNIGHT. $$ RXR  997 WWUS45 KBYZ 030414 WSWBYZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 844 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 MTZ034-040-041-056-031200- PARK-STILLWATER-SWEET GRASS-WESTERN CARBON-...CORRECTED INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG TIMBER...COLUMBUS... LIVINGSTON AND RED LODGE 913 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO ONE TO TWO INCHES BY MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ON TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE BY TUESDAY EVENING. AS OF 830 PM THIS EVENING...SOME SNOW AND ISOLATED SLEET HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...BUT NOTHING AS YET HAD ACCUMULATED. $$ MTZ038-WYZ099-031200- SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-SOUTHERN BIG HORN-...CORRECTED INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERIDAN 913 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AROUND AN INCH BY MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ON TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE TUESDAY EVENING. AS OF 830 PM THIS EVENING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAD NOT DEVELOPED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. $$ WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE CHB  686 WWUS45 KBYZ 030344 WSWBYZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 844 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 MTZ034-040-041-056-031200- PARK-STILLWATER-SWEET GRASS-WESTERN CARBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG TIMBER...COLUMBUS... LIVINGSTON AND RED LODGE 844 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO ONE TO TWO INCHES BY MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ON TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE BY TUESDAY EVENING. AS OF 830 THIS EVENING...SOME SNOW AND ISOLATED SLEET HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...BUT NOTHING AS YET HAD ACCUMULATED. $$ MTZ038-WYZ099-031200- SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-SOUTHERN BIG HORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERIDAN 844 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AROUND AN INCH BY MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ON TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE TUESDAY EVENING. AS OF 830 THIS EVENING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAD NOT DEVELOPED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. $$ WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE CHB  841 WWUS43 KDTX 030415 WSWDTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1100 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO CONTINUE IN THE THUMB THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING OFF LAKE HURON INTO THE THUMB REGION OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. HEAVIER SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WHERE SNOW BANDS BECOME MOST FOCUSED ALONG THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE PARTICULARLY TRUE ALONG AND EAST OF M-25 IN HURON COUNTY AND POSSIBLY IN THE PORT HURON AREA. MIZ049-031000- HURON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...SEBEWAING... PORT AUSTIN AND HARBOR BEACH ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UPGRADED TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. IN FAVORED LAKE EFFECT AREAS NEAR PORT HURON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. $$ MIZ055-031000- SANILAC MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY AND MARLETTE ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH 7 AM... LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING... MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF M-25. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ MIZ063-031000- ST. CLAIR MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HURON ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. IN FAVORED LAKE EFFECT AREAS NEAR PORT HURON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. $$ GSS  634 WWUS45 KTFX 030415 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 915 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 MTZ014-050>055-031100- BROADWATER-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-FERGUS-GALLATIN- JEFFERSON-JUDITH BASIN-MEAGHER- 915 PM MST MON DEC 2 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER CENTRAL MONTANA TONIGHT...AND WILL EXPAND SOUTH DURING THE NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE HELENA AREA BY MIDNIGHT...AND IN THE BOZEMAN AREA BY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. $$ MPJ  000 WWAK41 PAFC 030646 WSWAFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 945 PM AST MON DEC 2 2002 AKZ101-031300- ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TO BIRD CREEK INCLUDING GLENN HIGHWAY NORTH TO THE FIRST KNIK RIVER BRIDGE - SEWARD HIGHWAY SOUTH TO BIRD POINT 945 PM AST MON DEC 2 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OVER THE ANCHORAGE BOWL ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING. A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 4 AM. $$ NNNN WWAK41 PAFC 030646 WSWAFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 945 PM AST MON DEC 2 2002 AKZ101-031300- ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TO BIRD CREEK INCLUDING GLENN HIGHWAY NORTH TO THE FIRST KNIK RIVER BRIDGE - SEWARD HIGHWAY SOUTH TO BIRD POINT 945 PM AST MON DEC 2 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OVER THE ANCHORAGE BOWL ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING. A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 4 AM. $$  467 WWUS43 KSGF 030743 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 145 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF CALIFORNIA TODAY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP TO DEVELOP LOW PRESSURE IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM DURING THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...COLD AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF THE 30S TODAY. GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...PRECIPITATION WOULD MOST LIKELY BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AS LIGHT RAIN...LIGHT SNOW...OR POSSIBLY SLEET. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL MOST LIKELY NOT SEE MUCH PRECIPITATION AT ALL. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS UNCERTAIN. SLIGHT DEVIATIONS IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOZ093-095>098-101>106-040100- BARRY-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-SHANNON- STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BRANSON...MONETT...NEOSHO... OZARK AND WEST PLAINS. 120 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. REMEMBER..A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. FUTURE TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD. CHECK PRESCRIPTIONS TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF MEDICINE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE STORM. CHECK FURNACES AND FUEL LEVELS...AND IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. $$ LINDENBERG  399 WWUS43 KLBF 030811 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 206 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH MUCH OF THE HIGH PLAINS AND IS NOW BANKED UP AGAINST THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA WILL COMBINE WITH UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD OUT OF MEXICO TO CREATE WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NEZ004-005-008-023>026-036-037-094-032005- BLAINE NE-BROWN NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE-GRANT NE-HOOKER NE-LOGAN NE- MCPHERSON NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...BREWSTER...GORDON... HAY SPRINGS...MULLEN...RUSHVILLE...STAPLETON...THEDFORD... TRYON AND VALENTINE 206 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING... LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. PERSONS TRAVELING OVER NORTHWEST NEBRASKA TODAY OR TONIGHT SHOULD LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS AS TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ IZZI  255 WWUS44 KMRX 030911 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 405 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SLIP SOUTH OF TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GRADUALLY DEVELOPS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TONIGHT. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION ON WEDNESDAY... THEN NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC STATES ON THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD GULF MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...AND PRODUCE AT LEAST A LIGHT MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. OTHER AREAS SHOULD RECEIVE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...RESULTING IN MUCH LESS OF A THREAT OF SNOW AND ICE. ACTUAL SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS ARE QUITE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE TRACK...TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARE STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM...AND CONSIDER ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS AT THIS TIME. TNZ012>014-018-035-043-045-047-VAZ001-002-006-032100- /NEW.KMRX.WS.A.0010.0212030900Z-0212042100Z/ CAMPBELL TN-CLAIBORNE TN-JOHNSON TN-LEE VA-MORGAN TN-RUSSELL VA- SCOTT TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-UNICOI TN-WISE VA- 405 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MOSTLY SNOW BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES OR MORE...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. $$ TG  527 WWUS43 KDTX 030908 WSWDTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 408 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUING IN PORTION OF THE THUMB THIS MORNING... .LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OFF LAKE HURON IN THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE HURON. THE HEAVIER SNOWS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE EAST HALF OF HURON AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES. THESE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL END LATE THIS MORNING AS THE WINDS TURN MORE TO THE NORTHWEST AND PUSH THE SNOW BANDS OFFSHORE. MIZ049-031500- HURON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...SEBEWAING... PORT AUSTIN AND HARBOR BEACH ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING THIS MORNING... LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES BY 11 AM. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS OF UP TO 8 INCHES SINCE THE SNOW BEGAN LAST EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS MORNING AS THE WINDS TURN TO THE NORTWHEST AND PUSH THE SNOW BANDS OFFSHORE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. $$ MIZ063-031500- ST. CLAIR MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HURON ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING CONTINUES THIS MORNING... HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THIS MORNING... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES BY 11 AM... MAINLY OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE COUNTY. IN FAVORED LAKE EFFECT AREAS NEAR PORT HURON...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A FOOT AND A HALF ARE POSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. $$ MIZ055-031500- SANILAC MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY AND MARLETTE ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW THROUGH 11 AM... LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL WILL END LATE THIS MORNING... BUT NOT BEFORE GIVING UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EAST HALF OF THE COUNTY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ KEYES/CONSIDINE  701 WWUS41 KRNK 030917 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 416 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS GOING TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE GULF COAST STATES WEDNESDAY...WITH LOW PRESSURE REFORMING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE COLD AIR AND GULF MOISTURE WILL COMBINE TO BRING WINTERY WEATHER TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ010>017-WVZ042-031515- ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE-BLAND-CARROLL-FLOYD-GILES-GRAYSON-MERCER- MONTGOMERY-PULASKI-STOKES-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG...BLUEFIELD...BOONE...DOBSON... GALAX...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...SPARTA...WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET ACROSS THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...EAST INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WILL SEE A TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT APPEARS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...WITH MORE OF AN ICE EVENT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES. YOU SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. HOWEVER...ANY VARIATION ON THE TRACK OF THIS STORM COULD AFFECT WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION YOU GET AND THE AMOUNT. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ 05  291 WWUS42 KCAE 030920 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 419 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL MIDLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GULF TONIGHT AND HEAD UP THE COAST LATE WEDNESDAY. WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER THE SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ICE STORM. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>029-031-031507- CHESTERFIELD SC-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC-LANCASTER SC- LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-NEWBERRY SC-RICHLAND SC- SALUDA SC-SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...CAMDEN...COLUMBIA... LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...NEWBERRY AND SUMTER 419 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL BE FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUMTER AND GASTON THROUGH EDGEFIELD AND PARKSVILLE TO LINCOLNTON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR A CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. $$ LM/CDL  751 WWUS42 KGSP 030925 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY...AND TREK TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS MOISTURE OVERSPREADS THE COLD...DRY AIRMASS OVER OUR FORECAST AREA THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE...A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THIS SITUATION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO STAY AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING...FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITH THE ONSET OF ANY PRECIPITATION. PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. NCZ033-049-050-031600- AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...NEWLAND AND SPRUCE PINE 425 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN VERY LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 3 INCHES...OR MORE...IN ADDITION TO A COATING OF ICE FOLLOWING ANY CONVERSION TO FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-031600- BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...BRYSON CITY... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL...ROBBINSVILLE... SYLVA AND WAYNESVILLE 425 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF SOME FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR NEARLY A QUARTER INCH OF ICE...COULD AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-031600- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC- PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-RABUN GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON AND WALHALLA 425 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND SOUTH CAROLINA...FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL OF NEARLY A HALF INCH OF ICE DURING THE FREEZING RAIN PHASE. $$ NCZ034>037-054>057-031600- ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC- MCDOWELL NC-ROWAN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...LENOIR...MARION...MOCKSVILLE... MORGANTON...NEWTON...SALISBURY...STATESVILLE AND TAYLORSVILLE 425 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR NEARLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT COULD SEE AS MUCH AS A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-031600- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC- YORK SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL AND YORK 425 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...IN ADDITION TO OVER ONE HALF INCH OF ICE...COULD AFFECT THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...INCLUDING GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE AND ROCK HILL. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ066>068-SCZ004>008-010>013-019-031600- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND NC-ELBERT GA- FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC- GREATER PICKENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HART GA-LAURENS SC-POLK NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CARNESVILLE... CLEMSON...COLUMBUS...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... HARTWELL...LAURENS...PICKENS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA AND UNION 425 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...ALL OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF WEDNESDAY...AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH...OF ICE BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...INCLUDING ANDERSON...GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG. $$ BURRUS  864 WWUS43 KPAH 030955 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 330 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW WILL PUMP MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEYS. WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-031800- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO 355 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING...SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...MAINLY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. BASED ON CURRENT FORECAST MODELS...SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY...TO 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. CURRENTLY...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MAIN FACTORS WHICH CAN AFFECT PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE THE TRACK OF THE LOW...AND TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE TRACK OF THE LOW CAN AFFECT HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT IN WHAT FORM THE PRECIPITATION FALLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ RSU  993 WWUS42 KRAH 030937 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 435 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE PRECURSOR OF A VERY COLD AIR MASS THAT WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA. MEANWHILE...A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST WEDNESDAY AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARM MOIST AIR FLOWING OVER THE COLD DOME OF AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...BEGINNING IN THE WATCH AREA FROM AROUND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TAPERING OFF TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY. NCZ021-022-038-039-073>075-083-084-032200- ANSON NC-DAVIDSON NC-FORSYTH NC-GUILFORD NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC- RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC-STANLY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BELEWS CREEK... CARTHAGE...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON...RANDLEMAN... ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...TROY...WADESBORO AND WINSTON-SALEM 338 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE TRIAD AREA AND THE COMMUNITIES OF TROY... ALBEMARLE...SOUTHERN PINES...ROCKINGHAM AND ANSONVILLE. A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHT...TAPERING OFF TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE TIMING AND THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW AND SLEET CHANGING TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND ALBEMARLE...TROY AND SOUTHERN PINES. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ RA/JC  422 WWUS41 KCLE 030953 WSWCLE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 447 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 OHZ010>013-020-021-031-031500- CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-WAYNE OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON...CHARDON...CLEVELAND...ELYRIA... LORAIN...MEDINA...PAINESVILLE AND WOOSTER 447 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING... ARCTIC AIR AND NORTH WINDS ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THIS MORNING FOR THE CLEVELAND METRO AREA AND POINTS SOUTH. SNOW MAY FALL AT RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE AN HOUR. THE SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES LATER THIS MORNING IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING...BE SURE TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AND DRIVE SLOWLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ ADAMS  420 WWUS45 KBYZ 030953 WSWBYZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 250 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 MTZ028-029-034-035-038-040>042-056>058-WYZ099-031700- GOLDEN VALLEY-MUSSELSHELL-NORTHERN BIG HORN-PARK-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-STILLWATER-SWEET GRASS- WESTERN CARBON-WHEATLAND-YELLOWSTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG TIMBER...BILLINGS...COLUMBUS... HARDIN...HARLOWTON...LIVINGSTON...RED LODGE...ROUNDUP AND SHERIDAN 250 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF WINTER WEATHER...SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. THE WEATHER MAY BE SIGNIFICANT...BUT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE ZELTWANGER/RICHMOND  907 WWUS43 KLMK 030959 WSWSDF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY IN SOUTH TEXAS... THEN MOVE TOWARD LOUISIANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY EVENING. MEANWHILE...A SURGE OF COLDER AIR WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAKES ITS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST...A MIXED BAG OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. KYZ023>029-045>047-053>057-067-051100- BOYLE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-HANCOCK KY- HARDIN KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY- MERCER KY-NELSON KY-OHIO KY-WASHINGTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANFORD...RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG... HARDINSBURG...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE AND BARDSTOWN ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS THE TEXAS LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. SOME SLEET MAY BE MIXED IN AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NOTE...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AS A RESULT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD CHANGE. ALL INTERESTS IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. $$ KYZ061>066-070>078-081-082-051100- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLINTON KY- CUMBERLAND KY-EDMONSON KY-GREEN KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY-METCALF KY- MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-SIMPSON KY-TAYLOR KY-WARREN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...RUSSELLVILLE...GLASGOW... FRANKLIN AND COLUMBIA ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AROUND THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AS THE TEXAS LOW BEGINS ITS TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THE MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD BRIEFLY TURN TO RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE AND OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. NOTE...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AS A RESULT...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD CHANGE. ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. $$ STUREY  104 WWUS44 KMEG 031014 WSWMEM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 400 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019>021-048-051- 032200- CARROLL TN-CLAY AR-CRAIGHEAD AR-CROCKETT TN-DUNKLIN MO-DYER TN- GIBSON TN-GREENE AR-HENRY TN-LAKE TN-LAUDERDALE TN-LAWRENCE AR- MISSISSIPPI AR-OBION TN-PEMISCOT MO-POINSETT AR-RANDOLPH AR- WEAKLEY TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY...BLACK ROCK...BLYTHEVILLE...BONO... BROOKLAND...CAMPBELL...CARAWAY...CARUTHERSVILLE...CORNING... DYERSBURG...GOSNELL...HARRISBURG...HAYTI...HOXIE...HUMBOLDT... HUNTINGDON...JONESBORO...KEISER...KENNETT...LAKE CITY...LEACHVILLE... LEPANTO...LUXORA...MALDEN...MANILA...MARKED TREE...MARMADUKE... MARTIN...MCKENZIE...MILAN...MONETTE...OSCEOLA...PARAGOULD...PARIS... PIGGOTT...POCAHONTAS...PORTAGEVILLE...RECTOR...RIPLEY...SENATH... STEELE...TRENTON...TRUMANN...TYRONZA...UNION CITY... WALNUT RIDGE AND WILSON 400 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN STATES COMBINED WITH COLDER AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL CAUSE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ SWC  941 WWUS43 KLOT 031008 WSWCHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 402 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ILZ006-014-031100- COOK IL-LAKE IL- 402 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELED. LAKE EFFECT FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT LAKE AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES WILL LIKELY RECEIVE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW TODAY. SOME SNOW SHOWERS MAKE LINGER IN LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. $$  484 WWUS43 KMQT 031013 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 513 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY... .DRIER AIR FILTERING IN FROM CANADA WILL DIMINISH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS TODAY WILL STILL CONTINUE TO DEPOSIT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW OVER EASTERN ALGER AND NORTHERN LUCE COUNTIES... UP TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SPINE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...AND GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH OVER THE REST OF COUNTIES ADJACENT TO LAKE SUPERIOR. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY AS ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY IN AREAS. MIZ006-031006- ALGER MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS AND MUNISING 513 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ALTHOUGH SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LAKESHORE THROUGH TODAY...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH. THEREFORE...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE SHORE TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EAST OF MUNISING. $$ DLG  169 WWUS44 KOHX 031346 WSWBNA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF TENNESSEE TODAY...WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TONIGHT. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD GULF MOISTURE NORTH INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AND PRODUCE A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM...AND CONSIDER ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS AT THIS TIME. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH...AND MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME AREAS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. TNZ005-006-022>024-050000- BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...ERIN... WAVERLY 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 1/4 INCH EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT LIGHT SNOW OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. $$ TNZ007>010-025>031-057-059-064-050000- CHEATHAM-CLAY-DAVIDSON-DEKALB-DICKSON-HICKMAN-JACKSON-MACON- ROBERTSON-SMITH-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND CITY...CARTHAGE...CELINA... CENTERVILLE...DICKSON...FRANKLIN...GAINSBORO...GALLATIN... HARTSVILLE...LAFAYETTE...LEBANON...NASHVILLE...SMITHVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... EXPECT RAIN TO START BY LATE EVENING. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING. $$ TNZ011-032>034-065-066-050000- CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...CROSSVILLE... JAMESTOWN...LIVINGSTON...SPARTA 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT RAIN MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE IN THE MORNING EXPECTED UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. $$  316 WWUS44 KOUN 031150 WSWOKC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 433 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOLLIS...TO LAWTON...TO PURCELL...TO CHANDLER. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ELK CITY...WEATHERFORD...WOODWARD...OKLAHOMA CITY...ENID...AND STILLWATER. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND EXIT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME... LOW LEVEL COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. AS MOISTURE IS DRAWN NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...IT WILL INTERACT WITH THE LOWER LEVEL COLD AIR. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVER MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD SEE THE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY EVENING...THEN FINALLY CHANGING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN AREA FROM AROUND SAYRE AND CHEYENNE...NORTHEAST TO FAIRVIEW AND WATONGA...TO PONCA CITY AND STILLWATER...IS EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY NOON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...IF THE STORM SYSTEM ENTERS THE AREA STRONGER AND SLOWER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...THESE TOTALS WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED...AND A WINTER STORM OR HEAVY SNOW WARNING WILL BE REQUIRED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. OKZ004>029-033>036-038-031800- ALFALFA OK-BECKHAM OK-BLAINE OK-CADDO OK-CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-COMANCHE OK-CUSTER OK-DEWEY OK-ELLIS OK-GARFIELD OK-GRADY OK-GRANT OK-GREER OK-HARMON OK-HARPER OK-JACKSON OK-KAY OK-KINGFISHER OK-KIOWA OK-LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-MAJOR OK-MCCLAIN OK-NOBLE OK-OKLAHOMA OK-PAYNE OK-ROGER MILLS OK-WASHITA OK-WOODS OK-WOODWARD OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTUS...ALVA...CHICKASHA...CLINTON... EDMOND...EL RENO...ELK CITY...ENID...GUTHRIE...HOBART...KINGFISHER... LAWTON...NORMAN...OKLAHOMA CITY...PONCA CITY...STILLWATER... WEATHERFORD AND WOODWARD 500 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT RAIN OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD SEE THE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON... THEN FINALLY TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN AREA FROM AROUND SAYRE AND CHEYENNE...NORTHEAST TO FAIRVIEW AND WATONGA...TO PONCA CITY AND STILLWATER...IS EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY NOON WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ 11  822 WWUS44 KLZK 031056 WSWLIT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 447 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN STAY A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING THROUGH TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP IN MOST AREAS BY THE END OF THE DAY. ARZ003>007-012>016-023>025-032200- BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION- NEWTON-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- 447 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN ARKANSAS. RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON IN THE AREA THEN TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SIGNIFICANT AND DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND END AS MOSTLY SNOW. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLINTON TO NEWPORT. THIS AREA COULD CHANGE LATER TODAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE RATHER WARM...BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 29  962 WWUS43 KJKL 031053 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 550 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SPREADING PRECIPITATION AS FAR NORTH AS THE OHIO VALLEY. COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL ENSURE THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS IN A WINTERY FORM. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. IT WILL LIKELY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...WITH A BRIEF CHANGE TO RAIN POSSIBLE. AREAS FURTHER TO THE NORTH STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING ALL SNOW. AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PRECIPITATION SHOULD AGAIN FALL AS ALL SNOW. THERE IS STILL A DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF SNOW OR ICE WHICH MAY ACCUMULATE. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS. KYZ083>088-051100- BELL-HARLAN-KNOX-MCCREARY-WAYNE-WHITLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...HARLAN...MIDDLESBORO... MONTICELLO...PINEVILLE...WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 550 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND LIKELY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. BEFORE THIS HAPPENS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY OCCUR. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE STARTING TO TAPER OFF LATE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-110-112>118-120-051100- BREATHITT-CLAY-FLOYD-JACKSON-KNOTT-LAUREL-LESLIE-LETCHER-OWSLEY- PERRY-PIKE-PULASKI-ROCKCASTLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...HINDMAN...HYDEN... JACKSON...LONDON...MANCHESTER...MCKEE...MOUNT VERNON...PIKEVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...SOMERSET AND WHITESBURG 550 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL START TO TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION... ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. $$ KYZ058>060-104-106>109-111-119-051100- ELLIOTT-ESTILL-JOHNSON-LEE-MAGOFFIN-MARTIN-MENIFEE-MORGAN-POWELL- WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTYVILLE...CAMPTON...FRENCHBURG... INEZ...IRVINE...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...SANDY HOOK... STANTON AND WEST LIBERTY 550 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN START TO TAPER OFF LATE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. $$ HAL  231 WWUS44 KTSA 031059 WSWTUL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 500 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-041200- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK- DELAWARE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-ROGERS OK- TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON AR-WASHINGTON OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CLAREMORE...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MIAMI...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA... OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...PRYOR...ROGERS... SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH... TULSA...VINITA AND WAGONER 500 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. IN RESPONSE...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS REINFORCING THE COLD AIR OVER THE AREA. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SLEET THIS EVENING...THEN TO MOSTLY SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW OR A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. $$  675 WWUS45 KTFX 031115 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 410 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 MTZ014-052>055-031700- BROADWATER-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-GALLATIN-JEFFERSON- MEAGHER- 410 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER CENTRAL MONTANA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA BY SUNRISE. THE SOUTHERN EXTENDED OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY. TOTAL SNOW FALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND 3 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ012-048-050-051-031700- CASCADE-FERGUS-JUDITH BASIN-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 410 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS MORNING... SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO PLUNGE INTO THE STATE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW FALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND 3 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MEIER  445 WWUS45 KABQ 031139 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 435 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 NMZ004-005-010-011-017-031730- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 435 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY... SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS MORNING TO AROUND 7000 FEET WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND HAZARDOUS. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...CALL 1.800.432.4269. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL OR CABLE TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$  000 WWUS44 KOUN 031150 WSWOKC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 433 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOLLIS...TO LAWTON...TO PURCELL...TO CHANDLER. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ELK CITY...WEATHERFORD...WOODWARD...OKLAHOMA CITY...ENID...AND STILLWATER. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND EXIT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME... LOW LEVEL COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. AS MOISTURE IS DRAWN NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...IT WILL INTERACT WITH THE LOWER LEVEL COLD AIR. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVER MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD SEE THE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY EVENING...THEN FINALLY CHANGING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN AREA FROM AROUND SAYRE AND CHEYENNE...NORTHEAST TO FAIRVIEW AND WATONGA...TO PONCA CITY AND STILLWATER...IS EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY NOON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...IF THE STORM SYSTEM ENTERS THE AREA STRONGER AND SLOWER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...THESE TOTALS WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED...AND A WINTER STORM OR HEAVY SNOW WARNING WILL BE REQUIRED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. OKZ004>029-033>036-038-031800- ALFALFA OK-BECKHAM OK-BLAINE OK-CADDO OK-CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-COMANCHE OK-CUSTER OK-DEWEY OK-ELLIS OK-GARFIELD OK-GRADY OK-GRANT OK-GREER OK-HARMON OK-HARPER OK-JACKSON OK-KAY OK-KINGFISHER OK-KIOWA OK-LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-MAJOR OK-MCCLAIN OK-NOBLE OK-OKLAHOMA OK-PAYNE OK-ROGER MILLS OK-WASHITA OK-WOODS OK-WOODWARD OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTUS...ALVA...CHICKASHA...CLINTON... EDMOND...EL RENO...ELK CITY...ENID...GUTHRIE...HOBART...KINGFISHER... LAWTON...NORMAN...OKLAHOMA CITY...PONCA CITY...STILLWATER... WEATHERFORD AND WOODWARD 500 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT RAIN OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD SEE THE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON... THEN FINALLY TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN AREA FROM AROUND SAYRE AND CHEYENNE...NORTHEAST TO FAIRVIEW AND WATONGA...TO PONCA CITY AND STILLWATER...IS EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY NOON WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ 11  649 WWUS44 KEPZ 031210 WSWELP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 502 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE TODAY. INSTABILITY AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL ACT ON AVAILABLE MOISURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP FROM AROUND 9000 THIS MORNING TO 7000 FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. NMZ022-025-040000- SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY 502 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR TODAY... NUMEROUS SNOW AND LOWER ELEVATION RAIN SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE FORECAST FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS AND WATCH FOR SLICK OR ICY ROADS WITH THE WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER IN THE AREA. $$ LUNDEEN  905 WWUS46 KOTX 031217 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 415 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2002 IDZ001-002-004-026-027-WAZ031-032-036>038-041>043-040030- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG HAS ENDED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG HAS ENDED. PATCHY FREEZING FOG LOCALLY ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BUT WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033>035-044-040030- IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUES TODAY... WIDESPREAD FREEZING FOG...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND ICE CRYSTAL FLURRIES CONTINUE TO CREATE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AND LOW VISIBILITIES IN PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND PALOUSE REGION. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL. $$  000 WWAK41 PAFC 031317 WSWAFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ101-032000- ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TO BIRD CREEK INCLUDING GLENN HIGHWAY NORTH TO THE FIRST KNIK RIVER BRIDGE - SEWARD HIGHWAY SOUTH TO BIRD POINT 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING ENDED... TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING. SOME BACK STREETS MAY HAVE SOME ICE BUT MOST HAS ALREADY MELTED. NO FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED CONCERNING THIS EVENT. $$  484 WWUS43 KSGF 031323 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 720 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD INTO THE OZARKS REGION...AIDED BY STRONG JET STREAM WINDS. MEANWHILE...NORTHEAST WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN COLD AIR INTO THE REGION...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. BY THIS EVENING...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL TAKE SHAPE TO OUR SOUTH...ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL BELOW FREEZING. THEREFORE A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BEFORE A GRADUAL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 60. THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL MOST LIKELY NOT SEE MUCH PRECIPITATION AT ALL. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE A BLANKET OF HEAVY WET SNOW FALLS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND HOW FAST TEMPERATURES ALOFT CAN COOL. SLIGHT DEVIATIONS IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KSZ101-MOZ082-088-090>098-101>106-040100- BARRY-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HOWELL-JASPER-LAWRENCE- MCDONALD-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-SHANNON-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-WEBSTER- WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BRANSON...HOUSTON...JOPLIN... MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...OZARK...SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS. 720 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... THIS WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN AND HOUSTON. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION. ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY AS YOU TRAVEL NORTH THROUGH THE OZARKS REGION. SLIGHT DEVIATIONS IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION. REMEMBER..A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. FUTURE TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. $$ BOOKBINDER  000 WWAK42 PAFG 031322 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ214-215-032000- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT LOWER YUKON VALLEY INCLUDING MARSHALL - RUSSIAN MISSION - HOLY CROSS - GRAYLING - SHAGELUK - ANVIK - FLAT 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH TO KUSKOKWIM BAY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE FREEZING RAIN TO SPREAD OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF THE YUKON DELTA AND OVER THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 1100 AM THIS MORNING OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ DA DEC 02 WWAK42 PAFG 031322 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ214-215-032000- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT LOWER YUKON VALLEY INCLUDING MARSHALL - RUSSIAN MISSION - HOLY CROSS - GRAYLING - SHAGELUK - ANVIK - FLAT 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH TO KUSKOKWIM BAY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE FREEZING RAIN TO SPREAD OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF THE YUKON DELTA AND OVER THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 1100 AM THIS MORNING OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ DA DEC 02  000 WWUS44 KOHX 031346 WSWBNA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF TENNESSEE TODAY...WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TONIGHT. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD GULF MOISTURE NORTH INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AND PRODUCE A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM...AND CONSIDER ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS AT THIS TIME. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH...AND MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME AREAS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. TNZ005-006-022>024-050000- BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...ERIN... WAVERLY 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 1/4 INCH EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT LIGHT SNOW OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. $$ TNZ007>010-025>031-057-059-064-050000- CHEATHAM-CLAY-DAVIDSON-DEKALB-DICKSON-HICKMAN-JACKSON-MACON- ROBERTSON-SMITH-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND CITY...CARTHAGE...CELINA... CENTERVILLE...DICKSON...FRANKLIN...GAINSBORO...GALLATIN... HARTSVILLE...LAFAYETTE...LEBANON...NASHVILLE...SMITHVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... EXPECT RAIN TO START BY LATE EVENING. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE EARLY BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING. $$ TNZ011-032>034-065-066-050000- CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...COOKEVILLE...CROSSVILLE... JAMESTOWN...LIVINGSTON...SPARTA 430 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT RAIN MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE IN THE MORNING EXPECTED UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. $$  202 WWUS43 KDTX 031446 WSWDTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 945 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ENDING IN THE THUMB THIS MORNING... .WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW MORE SNOW SHOWERS IN HURON COUNTY... LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE THUMB. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN IS FORCING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS OFF SHORE ON NORTHWEST WIND. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THUS THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY AND WARNINGS ARE CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO OBTAIN THE LATEST FORECAST ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE. MIZ049-063-031600- HURON MI-ST. CLAIR MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HURON...BAD AXE...SEBEWAING... PORT AUSTIN AND HARBOR BEACH ...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE THUMB REGION THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORCING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS OFF SHORE...AND WITH CONTINUED NORTHWEST WIND EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ MIZ055-031600- SANILAC MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY AND MARLETTE ...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE THUMB REGION THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORCING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS OFF SHORE...AND WITH CONTINUED NORTHWEST WIND EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ BT  115 WWUS41 KRLX 031516 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1007 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-051300- BUCHANAN VA-DICKENSON VA-FAYETTE WV-MCDOWELL WV-NICHOLAS WV- POCAHONTAS WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV-WEBSTER WV-WYOMING WV- 1007 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT... A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LATER IN THE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AND SPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING. AS THE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING IT IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY SNOW. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR DURING THE NIGHT WEDNESDAY. IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STORM TOTALS REACHING 6 OR MORE INCHES. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WYOMING AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA THERE IS THE THREAT OF EITHER SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH ICE OR SNOW OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$  937 WWUS45 KBYZ 031544 WSWBYZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 840 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 MTZ028>030-034-035-038-040>042-056>058-WYZ099-032230- GOLDEN VALLEY-MUSSELSHELL-NORTHERN BIG HORN-PARK-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-STILLWATER-SWEET GRASS-TREASURE- WESTERN CARBON-WHEATLAND-YELLOWSTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG TIMBER...BILLINGS...COLUMBUS... HARDIN...HARLOWTON...HYSHAM...LIVINGSTON...RED LODGE... ROUNDUP AND SHERIDAN 840 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA INTO NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT WILL BECOME VERY LIGHT. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS... LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. $$ WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE  952 WWUS42 KGSP 031553 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY...AND TREK TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS MOISTURE OVERSPREADS THE COLD...DRY AIRMASS OVER OUR FORECAST AREA THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE...A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THIS SITUATION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO STAY AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING...FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITH THE ONSET OF ANY PRECIPITATION. PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. NCZ033-049-050-031600- AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...NEWLAND AND SPRUCE PINE 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN VERY LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 3 INCHES...OR MORE...IN ADDITION TO A COATING OF ICE FOLLOWING ANY CONVERSION TO FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-031600- BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...BRYSON CITY... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL...ROBBINSVILLE... SYLVA AND WAYNESVILLE 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF SOME FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR NEARLY A QUARTER INCH OF ICE...COULD AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-031600- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC- PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-RABUN GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON AND WALHALLA 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND SOUTH CAROLINA...FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL OF NEARLY A HALF INCH OF ICE DURING THE FREEZING RAIN PHASE. $$ NCZ034>037-054>057-031600- ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC- MCDOWELL NC-ROWAN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...LENOIR...MARION...MOCKSVILLE... MORGANTON...NEWTON...SALISBURY...STATESVILLE AND TAYLORSVILLE 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR NEARLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT COULD SEE AS MUCH AS A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-031600- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC- YORK SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL AND YORK 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...IN ADDITION TO OVER ONE HALF INCH OF ICE...COULD AFFECT THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...INCLUDING GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE AND ROCK HILL. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ066>068-SCZ004>008-010>013-019-031600- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND NC-ELBERT GA- FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC- GREATER PICKENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HART GA-LAURENS SC-POLK NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CARNESVILLE... CLEMSON...COLUMBUS...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... HARTWELL...LAURENS...PICKENS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA AND UNION 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...ALL OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF WEDNESDAY...AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH...OF ICE BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...INCLUDING ANDERSON...GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG. $$ BURRUS/LANE  528 WWUS42 KGSP 031609 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED EXP TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY...AND TREK TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS MOISTURE OVERSPREADS THE COLD...DRY AIRMASS OVER OUR FORECAST AREA THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE...A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THIS SITUATION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO STAY AT...OR BELOW...FREEZING...FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITH THE ONSET OF ANY PRECIPITATION. PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. NCZ033-049-050-032200- AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...NEWLAND AND SPRUCE PINE 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN VERY LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 3 INCHES...OR MORE...IN ADDITION TO A COATING OF ICE FOLLOWING ANY CONVERSION TO FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-032200- BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...BRYSON CITY... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL...ROBBINSVILLE... SYLVA AND WAYNESVILLE 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF SOME FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR NEARLY A QUARTER INCH OF ICE...COULD AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-032200- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC- PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-RABUN GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON AND WALHALLA 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND SOUTH CAROLINA...FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL OF NEARLY A HALF INCH OF ICE DURING THE FREEZING RAIN PHASE. $$ NCZ034>037-054>057-032200- ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC- MCDOWELL NC-ROWAN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...LENOIR...MARION...MOCKSVILLE... MORGANTON...NEWTON...SALISBURY...STATESVILLE AND TAYLORSVILLE 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR NEARLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT COULD SEE AS MUCH AS A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-032200- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC- YORK SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL AND YORK 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...IN ADDITION TO OVER ONE HALF INCH OF ICE...COULD AFFECT THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...INCLUDING GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE AND ROCK HILL. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ066>068-SCZ004>008-010>013-019-032200- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND NC-ELBERT GA- FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC- GREATER PICKENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HART GA-LAURENS SC-POLK NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CARNESVILLE... CLEMSON...COLUMBUS...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... HARTWELL...LAURENS...PICKENS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA AND UNION 1053 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...ALL OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF WEDNESDAY...AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH...OF ICE BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...INCLUDING ANDERSON...GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG. $$ BURRUS/LANE  256 WWUS45 KTFX 031606 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 900 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 MTZ012-014-048-050>054-040100- BROADWATER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-FERGUS- JEFFERSON-JUDITH BASIN-MEAGHER-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 900 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE PLAINS AND VALLEYS...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BECOME VERY LIGHT THIS EVENING. $$ MTZ055-040100- GALLATIN- 900 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BECOME VERY LIGHT THIS EVENING. $$ BRUSDA NNNN  024 WWUS42 KFFC 031625 WSWATL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045>051-032215- BANKS-BARROW-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-COBB-DAWSON-DEKALB-FANNIN-FORSYTH- GILMER-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-JACKSON-LUMPKIN-MADISON-MORGAN-NEWTON- NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PICKENS-ROCKDALE-TALIAFERRO-TOWNS- UNION-WALTON-WHITE-WILKES- 1120 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE AREA IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO ATLANTA...TO CRAWFORDVILLE. THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE ALONG THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...COLD AIR WILL SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE TEXAS COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL BREAK OUT WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE RAIN MOVES IN. AS A RESULT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS. THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO ATHENS TO GAINESVILLE TO CUMMING TO DAWSONVILLE. TREES...POWERLINES...AND OVERPASSES WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED FROM SUCH ACCUMULATIONS. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANYONE IN OR PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ICING FROM THIS STORM. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND BATTERIES. THE EXACT PATH AND TIMING OF THIS STORM IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. THEREFORE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DETAILED FORECASTS CAN BE OBTAINED BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. $$  607 WWUS42 KCAE 031636 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1120 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND LINCOLN COUNTY GEORGIA FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY BRINGING A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR INTO THE AREA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BRING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AND COMBINE WITH THE COLD AIR TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>029-031-032219- CHESTERFIELD SC-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC-LANCASTER SC- LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-NEWBERRY SC-RICHLAND SC- SALUDA SC-SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...CAMDEN...COLUMBIA... LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...NEWBERRY AND SUMTER 1120 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUMTER AND GASTON THROUGH EDGEFIELD AND PARKSVILLE TO LINCOLNTON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR A CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. $$ BLP  438 WWUS42 KFFC 031623 WSWATL ATLWSWATL TTAA00 KATL DDHHMM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1120 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045>051-032215- BANKS-BARROW-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-COBB-DAWSON-DEKALB-FANNIN-FORSYTH- GILMER-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-JACKSON-LUMPKIN-MADISON-MORGAN-NEWTON- NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PICKENS-ROCKDALE-TALIAFERRO-TOWNS- UNION-WALTON-WHITE-WILKES- 1120 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE AREA IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO ATLANTA...TO CRAWFORDVILLE. THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE ALONG THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...COLD AIR WILL SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE TEXAS COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL BREAK OUT WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE RAIN MOVES IN. AS A RESULT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS. THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO ATHENS TO GAINESVILLE TO CUMMING TO DAWSONVILLE. TREES...POWERLINES...AND OVERPASSES WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED FROM SUCH ACCUMULATIONS. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANYONE IN OR PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ICING FROM THIS STORM. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND BATTERIES. THE EXACT PATH AND TIMING OF THIS STORM IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. THEREFORE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DETAILED FORECASTS CAN BE OBTAINED BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. $$  826 WWUS44 KOUN 031633 WSWOKC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1030 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME... LOW LEVEL COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL...WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS... OR INTERNET WEATHER SOURCES FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. OKZ004-005-009-010-032204- ELLIS OK-HARPER OK-WOODS OK-WOODWARD OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVA AND WOODWARD 1030 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT... SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET... WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH SOME ROADS MAY INITIALLY BE WET THIS AFTERNOON... BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ OKZ006>008-011>018-021-022-032204- ALFALFA OK-BECKHAM OK-BLAINE OK-CUSTER OK-DEWEY OK-GARFIELD OK-GRANT OK-KAY OK-KINGFISHER OK-MAJOR OK-NOBLE OK-ROGER MILLS OK-WASHITA OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...ELK CITY...ENID...KINGFISHER... PONCA CITY AND WEATHERFORD 1030 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MANY ROADWAYS WILL START OUT AS WET THIS AFTERNOON... THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING... WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. $$ OKZ019-020-023>029-033>036-038-032203- CADDO OK-CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-COMANCHE OK-GRADY OK-GREER OK-HARMON OK-JACKSON OK-KIOWA OK-LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-PAYNE OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTUS...CHICKASHA...EDMOND...EL RENO... GUTHRIE...HOBART...LAWTON...NORMAN...OKLAHOMA CITY AND STILLWATER 1030 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL THIS EVENING... THE MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH MOST ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN WET INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE EXPECTED BECOME ICY BY LATE AFTERNOON. $$ CJS/DM  148 WWUS42 KFFC 031646 CCA WSWATL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE AREA IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO ATLANTA...TO CRAWFORDVILLE. THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE ALONG THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...COLD AIR WILL SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE TEXAS COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL BREAK OUT WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE RAIN MOVES IN. AS A RESULT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS. THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO ATHENS TO GAINESVILLE TO CUMMING TO DAWSONVILLE. TREES...POWERLINES...AND OVERPASSES WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED FROM SUCH ACCUMULATIONS. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANYONE IN OR PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ICING FROM THIS STORM. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND BATTERIES. THE EXACT PATH AND TIMING OF THIS STORM IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. THEREFORE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DETAILED FORECASTS CAN BE OBTAINED BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. $$  329 WWUS42 KFFC 031642 CCA WSWATL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045>051-040040- BANKS-BARROW-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-COBB-DAWSON-DE KALB-FANNIN-FORSYTH- GILMER-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-JACKSON-LUMPKIN-MADISON-MORGAN-NEWTON- NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PICKENS-ROCKDALE-TALIAFERRO-TOWNS- UNION-WALTON-WHITE-WILKES- 1140 AM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE AREA IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO ATLANTA...TO CRAWFORDVILLE. THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE ALONG THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...COLD AIR WILL SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE TEXAS COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL BREAK OUT WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE RAIN MOVES IN. AS A RESULT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS. THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO ATHENS TO GAINESVILLE TO CUMMING TO DAWSONVILLE. TREES...POWERLINES...AND OVERPASSES WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED FROM SUCH ACCUMULATIONS. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANYONE IN OR PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ICING FROM THIS STORM. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND BATTERIES. THE EXACT PATH AND TIMING OF THIS STORM IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. THEREFORE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DETAILED FORECASTS CAN BE OBTAINED BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. $$  703 WWUS44 KAMA 031702 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER-LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS. TXZ011>020-040000- ARMSTRONG-CARSON-COLLINGSWORTH-DEAF SMITH-DONLEY-GRAY-OLDHAM-POTTER- RANDALL-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...CANYON...CLARENDON...CLAUDE... HEREFORD...PAMPA...PANHANDLE...SHAMROCK...VEGA...WELLINGTON 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS FROM SLEET AND SNOW WILL REMAIN BELOW ONE INCH IN MOST AREAS HOWEVER A FEW SPOTS MAY RECEIVE ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ OKZ001>003-TXZ001>010-040000- BEAVER-CIMARRON-DALLAM-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB- MOORE-OCHILTREE-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...BOISE CITY...BOOKER...BORGER... CANADIAN...DALHART...DUMAS...GUYMON...HARTLEY...MIAMI...PERRYTON... SPEARMAN...STRATFORD 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE SNOW WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ CB  389 WWUS43 KDDC 031721 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1120 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER PRECIPITATION ON THE WAY TO SOUTHERN KANSAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW, MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES, TO SOUTHERN KANSAS. KSZ084>090-032200- BARBER KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-MEADE KS-MORTON KS-SEWARD KS- STEVENS KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ASHLAND...COLDWATER...ELKHART...HUGOTON... LAKE COLDWATER...LIBERAL...MEADE... MEADE STATE PARK AND MEDICINE LODGE ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE KANSAS COUNTIES THAT BORDER OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES, CAUSING ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED, WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. $$ 27/24  966 WWUS43 KPAH 031747 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS TODAY WILL MOVE EAST INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE WINTER SEASON. ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 032321- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY- JOHNSON IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY- MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL- PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL- WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...CAPE GIRARDEAU... PADUCAH...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE AND CAIRO 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO VIENNA ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS NOW APPEAR LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT...CHANGING THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR LATER WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. $$ ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-032300- DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL- HENDERSON KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POSEY IN-SALINE IL-SPENCER IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL- WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRYVILLE...OWENSBORO...HENDERSON... EVANSVILLE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI AND CARBONDALE 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION. AS OF NOW...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE MAIN FACTORS WHICH CAN AFFECT PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE THE TRACK OF THE LOW...AND TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE TRACK OF THE LOW CAN AFFECT HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT IN WHAT FORM THE PRECIPITATION FALLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$  130 WWUS43 KPAH 031836 CCA WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS TODAY WILL MOVE EAST INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE WINTER SEASON. ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 032321- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY- JOHNSON IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY- MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL- PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL- WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...CAPE GIRARDEAU... PADUCAH...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE AND CAIRO 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO VIENNA ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS NOW APPEAR LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT...CHANGING THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR LATER WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. $$ ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-032300- DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL- HENDERSON KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POSEY IN-SALINE IL-SPENCER IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL- WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRYVILLE...OWENSBORO...HENDERSON... EVANSVILLE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI AND CARBONDALE 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION. AS OF NOW...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE MAIN FACTORS WHICH CAN AFFECT PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE THE TRACK OF THE LOW...AND TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE TRACK OF THE LOW CAN AFFECT HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT IN WHAT FORM THE PRECIPITATION FALLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$  818 WWUS44 KEPZ 031742 WSWELP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1045 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS... ...SNOW ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR THE GILA MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND WILL PROVIDE INSTABILITY AND LIFT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. NMZ025-042300- SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLOUDCROFT. 1045 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING... SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE FORECAST FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS AND WATCH FOR SLICK OR ICY ROADS WITH THE WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER IN THE AREA. $$ HEFNER  748 WWUS45 KABQ 031751 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1050 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS STRETCHED ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS MORNING...WITH A SIGNIFICANT TAP OF MOISTURE STREAMING OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. COLD AIR BEHIND A SURFACE FRONT WAS FILTERING INTO NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL NEW MEXICO. AS A RESULT...SNOW AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 1.800.432.4269. NMZ004-005-010-011-017-032330- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 1050 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON... OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND FOG. $$ NMZ006-007-032330- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY- 1050 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON... OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA...AS WELL AS VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS IN FOG. $$ NMZ012-013-016-032330- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-QUAY COUNTY- 1050 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON... A MIX OF PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO LIGHT SNOW BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN GUADALUPE...DE BACA AND NORTHERN CURRY COUNTIES. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE OVER THESE AREAS BY LATE IN THE DAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT THAT ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND VISIBILITES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS IN FOG. $$  053 WWUS41 KRNK 031755 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1255 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS GOING TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE GULF COAST STATES WEDNESDAY...WITH LOW PRESSURE REFORMING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE COLD AIR AND GULF MOISTURE WILL COMBINE TO BRING WINTERY WEATHER TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ010>017-WVZ042-032115- ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE-BLAND-CARROLL-FLOYD-GILES-GRAYSON-MERCER- MONTGOMERY-PULASKI-STOKES-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG...BLUEFIELD...BOONE...DOBSON... GALAX...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...SPARTA...WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET ACROSS THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...EAST INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WILL SEE A TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT APPEARS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...WITH MORE OF AN ICE EVENT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES. YOU SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. HOWEVER...ANY VARIATION ON THE TRACK OF THIS STORM COULD AFFECT WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION YOU GET AND THE AMOUNT. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$  186 WWUS43 KSGF 031817 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1215 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING SHAPE OVER NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL SPREAD GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A COLD AIR MASS IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE COLD AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE WILL COMBINE WITH THE MOISTURE LATER TONIGHT TO SPREAD FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE A GRADUAL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE A BLANKET OF SNOW FALLS TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND HOW FAST TEMPERATURES ALOFT CAN COOL. A SLIGHT DEVIATION IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME...THE POTENTIAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH A LAYER OF SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG INTERSTATE 44...WITH MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. KSZ101-MOZ082-088-090>094-040000- CHEROKEE-GREENE-JASPER-LAWRENCE-NEWTON-TEXAS-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...MOUNT VERNON... NEOSHO AND SPRINGFIELD. 1215 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... AN AREA OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TOWARD SUNSET. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WITH SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED AFTER 9 PM...WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THREE TO FIVE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. REMEMBER...CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ MOZ095>098-101>106-040000- BARRY-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-OREGON-OZARK-SHANNON-STONE- TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BRANSON...MONETT... OZARK AND WEST PLAINS. 1215 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TOWARD SUNSET. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WITH SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED AFTER 9 PM...WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE WARNED AREA...WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. $$ KSZ073-097-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-083-089-040600- BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CRAWFORD-DADE-DALLAS-DENT-HICKORY- LACLEDE-MARIES-MILLER-MORGAN-PHELPS-POLK-PULASKI-ST. CLAIR-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... FORT SCOTT...LEBANON...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG... ROLLA AND STOCKTON. 1215 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... AN AREA OF SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES EARLY...WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TOWARD SUNSET. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER 9 PM...WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS...EASTWARD TO BOLIVAR...FORT LEONARD WOOD AND ROLLA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...LESSER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THIS AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS IS EXPECTED. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ JLT  000 WWUS43 KPAH 031836 CCA WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS TODAY WILL MOVE EAST INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE WINTER SEASON. ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 032321- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY- JOHNSON IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY- MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL- PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL- WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...CAPE GIRARDEAU... PADUCAH...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE AND CAIRO 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO VIENNA ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS NOW APPEAR LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT...CHANGING THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR LATER WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. $$ ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-032300- DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL- HENDERSON KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POSEY IN-SALINE IL-SPENCER IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL- WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRYVILLE...OWENSBORO...HENDERSON... EVANSVILLE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI AND CARBONDALE 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION. AS OF NOW...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE MAIN FACTORS WHICH CAN AFFECT PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE THE TRACK OF THE LOW...AND TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE TRACK OF THE LOW CAN AFFECT HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT IN WHAT FORM THE PRECIPITATION FALLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$  954 WWUS41 KRNK 031840 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 139 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE GULF COAST STATES WEDNESDAY...WITH LOW PRESSURE REFORMING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COLD AIR AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL COMBINE TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO THE AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-040300- ALLEGHANY NC-ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST-APPOMATTOX-ASHE-BATH-BEDFORD-BLAND- BOTETOURT-BUCKINGHAM-CAMPBELL-CARROLL-CASWELL-CHARLOTTE-CRAIG-FLOYD- FRANKLIN-GILES-GRAYSON-GREENBRIER-HALIFAX-HENRY-MERCER-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-PATRICK-PITTSYLVANIA-PULASKI-ROANOKE-ROCKBRIDGE- ROCKINGHAM-SMYTH-STOKES-SUMMERS-SURRY-TAZEWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE- YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPOMATTOX...BEDFORD...BLACKSBURG... BLUEFIELD...BOONE...CLIFTON FORGE...DANVILLE...DOBSON...EDEN... GALAX...LEWISBURG...LEXINGTON...LYNCHBURG...MARTINSVILLE... PEARISBURG...RADFORD...SALEM...SOUTH BOSTON...SPARTA...TAZEWELL... WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY MORNING. IT APPEARS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO...UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN VIRGINIA COUNTIES. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. ROADS... BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PREPARE NOW FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS IN GOOD RUNNING CONDITION. ENSURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD AND MEDICINE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS STORM. CHECK FURNACES AND FUEL LEVELS. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE SPEED OR TRACK OF THE STORM WOULD RESULT IN MORE OR LESS SNOW OR ICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$  000 WWAK42 PAFG 031842 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 940 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ214-215-216-040100- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT LOWER YUKON VALLEY INCLUDING MARSHALL - RUSSIAN MISSION - HOLY CROSS - GRAYLING - SHAGELUK - ANVIK - FLAT LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS INCLUDING GALENA - NULATO - KALTAG - HUSLIA - RUBY - KOYUKUK 940 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING TODAY... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY. FREEZING RAIN FELL AT MCGRATH BEGINNING AROUND 700 AM THIS MORNING...AND THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRECIPITATION IS MOVING NORTH AND WEST. THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY...AND THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY FROM RUBY AND NULATO SOUTH. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD TO THE YUKON DELTA AROUND NOON. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ DA DEC 02  000 WWAK42 PAFG 031858 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1000 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ213-032000- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND-BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING GAMBELL - SAVOONGA - BREVIG MISSION - TELLER - LITTLE DIOMEDE - WALES 1000 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CANCELLED... A WEATHER FRONT HAS CROSSED ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. NO FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED CONCERNING THIS EVENT. $$ AKZ214-215-216-040100- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT LOWER YUKON VALLEY INCLUDING MARSHALL - RUSSIAN MISSION - HOLY CROSS - GRAYLING - SHAGELUK - ANVIK - FLAT LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS INCLUDING GALENA - NULATO - KALTAG - HUSLIA - RUBY - KOYUKUK 940 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING TODAY... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY. FREEZING RAIN FELL AT MCGRATH BEGINNING AROUND 700 AM THIS MORNING...AND THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRECIPITATION IS MOVING NORTH AND WEST. THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY...AND THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY FROM RUBY AND NULATO SOUTH. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD TO THE YUKON DELTA AROUND NOON. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ DJH DEC 02  754 WWUS41 KLWX 031849 WSWLWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 200 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE STORM MAY PRODUCE MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA THURSDAY. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED. DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-041200- ALBEMARLE VA-ALLEGANY MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-AUGUSTA VA-BERKELEY WV- CALVERT MD-CARROLL MD-CHARLES MD-CLARKE VA-CULPEPER VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-FAUQUIER VA-FREDERICK VA- FREDERICK MD-GRANT WV-GREENE VA-HAMPSHIRE WV-HARDY WV-HARFORD MD- HIGHLAND VA-HOWARD MD-JEFFERSON WV-KING GEORGE VA-LOUDOUN VA- MADISON VA-MINERAL WV-MONTGOMERY MD-MORGAN WV-NELSON VA- NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-ORANGE VA-PAGE VA-PENDLETON WV- PRINCE GEORGES MD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA- RAPPAHANNOCK VA-ROCKINGHAM VA-SHENANDOAH VA-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD- SPOTSYLVANIA VA-ST. MARYS MD-STAFFORD VA-WARREN VA-WASHINGTON MD- 200 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY... LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEAST... REACHING THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY MORNING. THE AIRMASS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION IS VERY COLD...SO ANY PRECIPITATION PRODUCED BY THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY SNOW. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE AREA DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WEDNESDAY...SPOTS SUCH AS CHARLOTTESVILLE...STAUNTON AND FREDERICKSBURG. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE WASHINGTON METRO AREA...WESTERN MARYLAND AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE EARLY AND MID EVENING. SNOW SHOULD HOLD OFF IN BALTIMORE AND POINTS NORTHEAST UNTIL THE MID AND LATE EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY. EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK OF THE STORM. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT TO SEA AFTER IT REACHES THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. THIS WOULD PREVENT HEAVY SNOW FROM AFFECTING THE AREA. HOWEVER...LATEST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT TO GENERATE MORE THAN 4 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OVER LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND AND THE LOWER RAPPAHANNOCK BASIN REGION IN VIRGINIA. ELSEWHERE...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS SNOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY... BE AWARE THAT DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS. $$ RDH  342 WWUS43 KLBF 031906 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 104 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 NEZ004-005-008-023>026-036-037-094-040300- BLAINE NE-BROWN NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE-GRANT NE-HOOKER NE-LOGAN NE- MCPHERSON NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...BREWSTER...GORDON... HAY SPRINGS...MULLEN...RUSHVILLE...STAPLETON...THEDFORD... TRYON AND VALENTINE 104 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM CST (8 PM MST)... LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. PERSONS TRAVELING OVER NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT SHOULD LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS AS TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ TLK/JB  000 WWAK42 PAFG 040020 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 320 PM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ214-215-216-040800- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT LOWER YUKON VALLEY INCLUDING MARSHALL - RUSSIAN MISSION - HOLY CROSS - GRAYLING - SHAGELUK - ANVIK - FLAT LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS INCLUDING GALENA - NULATO - KALTAG - HUSLIA - RUBY - KOYUKUK 320 PM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING CONTINUES TONIGHT... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. FREEZING RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AT BETHEL...MCGRATH...AND KALTAG. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TURN INTO SNOW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 1030 PM TUESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ DJH DEC 02  991 WWUS41 KCTP 031934 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 235 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. PAZ064>066-040156- ADAMS PA-LANCASTER PA-YORK PA- 220 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES EARLY WEDNESDAY...REDEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COASTLINE WEDNESDAY...AND HEAD OUT TO SEA THURSDAY. CURRENT FORECASTS HAVE THE LOW TRACKING CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE EAST COAST TO SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES...INTO PORTIONS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...5 INCHES OR MORE IN A 12 TO 24 HOUR PERIOD...IS POSSIBLE. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. LATER DEVELOPMENTS...SUCH AS CHANGES IN THE PATH AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM...WILL DETERMINE IF...WHEN AND WHERE A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL SNOWFALL. $$ DEVOIR/RXR  890 WWUS44 KAMA 032017 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 215 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER-LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>009-040600- BEAVER-CIMARRON-DALLAM-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...BOISE CITY...BOOKER...BORGER... DALHART...DUMAS...GUYMON...HARTLEY...MIAMI...PERRYTON...SPEARMAN... STRATFORD 215 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND ACROSS ALL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ TXZ010>020-040600- ARMSTRONG-CARSON-COLLINGSWORTH-DEAF SMITH-DONLEY-GRAY-HEMPHILL- OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...CANADIAN...CANYON...CLARENDON... CLAUDE...HEREFORD...PAMPA...PANHANDLE...SHAMROCK...VEGA...WELLINGTON 215 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND FAR EASTCENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE SNOW WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ CB  601 WWUS43 KLMK 032021 WSWSDF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 315 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 KYZ061>067-070>078-081-082-051100- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLINTON KY- CUMBERLAND KY-EDMONSON KY-GREEN KY-HART KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- METCALF KY-MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-SIMPSON KY-TAYLOR KY-WARREN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE... GLASGOW...FRANKLIN AND COLUMBIA ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES WEDNESDAY, MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION. AT THIS POINT, SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS, BEFORE MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET DURING THE MID-DAY HOURS. THEN A SECONDARY BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND/OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE TENNESSEE LINE. SECONDARY OR RURAL ROADS, POWERLINES, TREES, AND OTHER ABOVE GROUND OBJECTS COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE WINTER WEATHER. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING THEM UNTIL THE STORM CLEARS THE REGION, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR SOUTHERN KENTUCKY, THEREFORE EXTRA CAUTION IS ADVISED. IN ADDITION, THE SNOW WILL BE A RELATIVELY WET AND HEAVY VARIETY, SO THOSE WITH HEALTH ISSUES SHOULD REFRAIN FROM SHOVELING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, WEATHER.GOV, OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$ KYZ023>029-034>043-045>049-053>057-051100- ANDERSON KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-CLARK KY- FAYETTE KY-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY- HARRISON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY- MERCER KY-NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY- SPENCER KY-WASHINGTON KY-WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES... SHELBYVILLE...RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...FRANKFORT... ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...CYNTHIANA AND BARDSTOWN ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES WEDNESDAY, MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION, LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW. AT THIS POINT, TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS ZONE COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES, WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN A ROUGH LINE OHIO OVER TOWARDS GARRARD COUNTY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION, BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TOWARDS LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. THE PEAK SNOWFALL RATES ARE FORECAST SOMETIME IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. GROUND TEMPERATURES APPEAR COLD ENOUGH THAT ANY SNOWFALL WOULD ACCUMULATE, EVEN ON UNTREATED PRIMARY ROAD SURFACES. BRIDGES, SECONDARY ROADS, AND RURAL ROADS WOULD BE THE MOST PRONE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MOST OF WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE LIKELY TO BE FREE FROM SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA, HOWEVER THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING RUSH HOURS MAY EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. SHOULD THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL RISE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION, A WARNING WOULD LIKELY THEN BE ISSUED FOR THIS AREA. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AIRPORTS MAY ALSO BECOME NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, SUCH THAT DELAYS ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, WEATHER.GOV, OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$ SMALLCOMB  628 WWUS44 KLZK 032021 WSWLIT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 220 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .COLD CANADIAN AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE STATE. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING IN THE NORTH...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED. ARZ003>007-012>016-023>025-040400- BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION- NEWTON-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN- 220 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLINTON TO HEBER SPRINGS TO NEWPORT. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR IN THE WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN EXTREME NORTHERN ARKANSAS ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER. WITH THE SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL COME THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ 22  174 WWUS42 KRAH 032023 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 320 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY... A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA THEN NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARM MOIST AIR FLOWING OVER THE DOME OF VERY COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA STARTING AROUND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...SPREADING NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ007-021>024-038>040-073>076-083-084-051200- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-DAVIDSON NC-FORSYTH NC-GUILFORD NC- LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC- RICHMOND NC-STANLY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BELEWS CREEK... BURLINGTON...CARTHAGE...CHAPEL HILL...GRAHAM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...HILLSBOROUGH...LEXINGTON...PITTSBORO...RANDLEMAN... ROCKINGHAM...ROXBORO...SANFORD...SILER CITY...SOUTHERN PINES... TROY...WADESBORO AND WINSTON-SALEM 320 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY.. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY... WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING DURING LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS THE MAIN CONCERN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE TRIAD AREA CAN EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW UP TO ONE INCH. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA... SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIAD AREA... ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TOTAL AROUND A QUARTER INCH. TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA IS DISCOURAGED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS SOME ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS LIKELY ON ROADS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NCZ025-041-042-077-078-085-086-088-089-051200- CUMBERLAND NC-DURHAM NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-SAMPSON NC- SCOTLAND NC-WAKE NC-WAYNE NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARY...CLINTON...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE... FORT BRAGG...GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...LILLINGTON...LINWOOD... MOUNT OLIVE...RAEFORD...RALEIGH AND SMITHFIELD 320 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.. LOOK FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO INITIALLY DEVELOP IN THE TRIANGLE AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE SANDHILLS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON . PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS... THEN TO MOSTLY RAIN OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES...WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OVER THE ADVISED AREA. ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND EVEN POSTPONE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ BL/GIH  800 WWUS43 KICT 032048 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 229 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...THE FIRST TASTE OF WINTER TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA, ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF WICHITA, BE READY TO ENCOUNTER SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. KSZ053-069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-041128- ALLEN KS-BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-HARPER KS-KINGMAN KS-LABETTE KS-MONTGOMERY KS-NEOSHO KS-SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-WILSON KS-WOODSON KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...WICHITA...EL DORADO... EUREKA...IOLA...PARSONS...SEDAN...WINFIELD AND YATES CENTER 229 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY THIS EVENING, BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING, WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS, GENERALLY IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE, ARE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. $$ KED/CDJ  841 WWUS41 KRLX 032044 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 335 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-051300- BUCHANAN VA-DICKENSON VA-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV- 335 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. ICE COULD ALSO ACCUMULATE IN PLACES CAUSING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ WVZ035>038-046-047-051300- FAYETTE WV-NICHOLAS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV- WEBSTER WV- 335 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT REMAINS IN EFFECT... SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM THIS STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$  001 WWUS42 KGSP 032127 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA...SOUTH WINDS ALOFT WILL LIFT ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER A LAYER OF COOL AND DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. FORECAST TEMPERATURE FIELDS INDICATE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND I-26...AND SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH MID MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO END BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ICE BUILDUP WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-40. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. NCZ033-049-050-050400- AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...NEWLAND AND SPRUCE PINE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW AT AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY BY TOMORROW EVENING... WHILE UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-050400- BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...BRYSON CITY... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL...ROBBINSVILLE... SYLVA AND WAYNESVILLE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BY THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THE AFTERNOON... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL PREDOMINANTLY AS FREEZING RAIN. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-050400- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC- PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-RABUN GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON AND WALHALLA 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY AS SLEET. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY...AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ066>068-SCZ004>008-010>013-019-050400- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HART GA-LAURENS SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CARNESVILLE... CLEMSON...COLUMBUS...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... HARTWELL...LAURENS...PICKENS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA AND UNION 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY... MAINLY AS A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY...AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-050400- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC- YORK SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL AND YORK 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...MAINLY AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ NCZ034>037-054>057-050400- ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC- MCDOWELL NC-ROWAN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...LENOIR...MARION...MOCKSVILLE... MORGANTON...NEWTON...SALISBURY...STATESVILLE AND TAYLORSVILLE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...MAINLY AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ LANE  130 WWUS42 KGSP 032036 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA...SOUTH WINDS ALOFT WILL LIFT ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER A LAYER OF COOL AND DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. FORECAST TEMPERATURE FIELDS INDICATE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND I-26...AND SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH MID MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO END BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ICE BUILDUP WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-40. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. NCZ033-049-050-050400- AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...NEWLAND AND SPRUCE PINE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW AT AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY BY TOMORROW EVENING... WHILE UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-050400- BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...BRYSON CITY... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL...ROBBINSVILLE... SYLVA AND WAYNESVILLE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BY THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THE AFTERNOON... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL PREDOMINANTLY AS FREEZING RAIN. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-050400- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC- PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-RABUN GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON AND WALHALLA 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY AS SLEET. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY...AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ066>068-SCZ004>008-010>013-019-050400-ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HART GA-LAURENS SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CARNESVILLE... CLEMSON...COLUMBUS...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... HARTWELL...LAURENS...PICKENS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA AND UNION 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY... MAINLY AS A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY...AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-050400- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC- YORK SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL AND YORK 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...MAINLY AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ NCZ034>037-054>057-050400- ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC- MCDOWELL NC-ROWAN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...LENOIR...MARION...MOCKSVILLE... MORGANTON...NEWTON...SALISBURY...STATESVILLE AND TAYLORSVILLE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...MAINLY AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ LANE  742 WWUS42 KFFC 032049 WSWATL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-032>039-045>051-040329- BANKS-BARROW-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-COBB-DAWSON-DE KALB-FANNIN-FORSYTH- GILMER-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-JACKSON-LUMPKIN-MADISON-MORGAN-NEWTON- NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PICKENS-ROCKDALE-TALIAFERRO-TOWNS- UNION-WALTON-WHITE-WILKES- 345 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE AREA IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE...TO ATLANTA...TO CRAWFORDVILLE. THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE ALONG THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...COLD AIR WILL SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE TEXAS COAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH GEORGIA WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE RAIN MOVES IN. AS A RESULT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS. THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SINCE MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFTER DARK. THE AREA OF HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WITH ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO ATHENS TO GAINESVILLE TO CUMMING TO DAWSONVILLE. ELEVATIONS AT OR BELOW 2000 FEET ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ICING. WITH WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...MOST OF THE ICING WILL OCCUR ON TREES AND POWERLINES. ICING ON ROADWAYS WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES UNTIL AFTER DARK. FOR THE ATLANTA METRO AREA...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS...ESPECIALLY GWINNETT...FORSYTH... EASTERN CHEROKEE...AND NORTHERNMOST FULTON COUNTIES. SMALLER AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY ICE IS FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR GREATER IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. TREES AND POWERLINES COULD FALL UNDER THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE GLAZE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. DETAILED FORECASTS CAN BE OBTAINED BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC. $$  155 WWUS42 KCAE 032042 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 345 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING/WINTER STORM WATCH... .A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GULF TONIGHT AND HEAD UP THE COAST WEDNESDAY. WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER THE SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR. THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE AN ICE STORM IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF THE COLD AIR SPREADS FARTHER SOUTHWARD...THEN SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD ALSO DEVELOP JUST SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SCZ015-016-020>022-040900- CHESTERFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC-LANCASTER SC-NEWBERRY SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...LANCASTER AND NEWBERRY 345 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF OF AN INCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES USUALLY BECOME ICE COVERED FIRST. POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY OCCUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY. LISTEN FOR FORECAST UPDATES AND LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ GAZ040-SCZ018-025>029-031-040900- EDGEFIELD SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-RICHLAND SC- SALUDA SC-SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...COLUMBIA... LEXINGTON AND SUMTER 345 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... RAIN AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH COULD OCCUR. TRAVEL COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AND POWER OUTAGES COULD OCCUR. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR FORECAST UPDATES AND LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ RJL  724 WWUS43 KICT 032053 CCA WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 253 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...THE FIRST TASTE OF WINTER TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA, ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF WICHITA, BE READY TO ENCOUNTER SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. KSZ053-069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-041128- ALLEN KS-BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-HARPER KS-KINGMAN KS-LABETTE KS-MONTGOMERY KS-NEOSHO KS-SEDGWICK KS-SUMNER KS-WILSON KS-WOODSON KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...WICHITA...EL DORADO... EUREKA...IOLA...PARSONS...SEDAN...WINFIELD AND YATES CENTER 229 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY THIS EVENING, BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING, WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS, GENERALLY IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE, ARE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. $$ KED/CDJ  602 WWUS43 KJKL 032101 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 400 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64... ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64... A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SPREADING PRECIPITATION AS FAR NORTH AS THE OHIO VALLEY. COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL ENSURE THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS IN A WINTRY FORM. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD NORTH ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...WITH A BRIEF CHANGE TO RAIN POSSIBLE. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY 80...SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH HEAVY SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. BETWEEN THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY AND INTERSTATE 64...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN ALL SNOW AND AMOUNTS THERE ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS ALL SNOW...BUT AMOUNTS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY LOWER. HOWEVER...4 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS ALL LIGHT SNOW OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. KYZ079-080-083>087-051000- BELL-KNOX-LAUREL-MCCREARY-PULASKI-WAYNE-WHITLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...LONDON...MIDDLESBORO... MONTICELLO...PINEVILLE...SOMERSET...WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 400 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... SNOW WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY BEFORE DAWN ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...AND THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KYZ058>060-068-069-104-106>109-111-112-114-119-051000- BREATHITT-ELLIOTT-ESTILL-JACKSON-JOHNSON-LEE-MAGOFFIN-MARTIN-MENIFEE- MORGAN-OWSLEY-POWELL-ROCKCASTLE-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...CAMPTON... FRENCHBURG...INEZ...IRVINE...JACKSON...MCKEE...MOUNT VERNON... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...SANDY HOOK...STANTON AND WEST LIBERTY 400 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR HEAVY SNOW... SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARD DAWN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...AND THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KYZ088-110-113-115>118-120-051000- CLAY-FLOYD-HARLAN-KNOTT-LESLIE-LETCHER-PERRY-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...HAZARD...HINDMAN...HYDEN... MANCHESTER...PIKEVILLE...PRESTONSBURG AND WHITESBURG 400 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AROUND NOON AND AGAIN DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...AND THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KYZ044-050>052-051000- BATH-FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOREHEAD... MOUNT STERLING AND OWINGSVILLE 400 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN START TO TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...AND THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POSSIBLE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JP/KO/MSL  056 WWUS44 KMEG 032031 WSWMEM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 300 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...ICY CONDITIONS TO AFFECT PARTS OF MID-SOUTH... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. THIS COMBINATION WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ICY CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019>021-048-051-040400- CARROLL TN-CLAY AR-CRAIGHEAD AR-CROCKETT TN-DUNKLIN MO-DYER TN- GIBSON TN-GREENE AR-HENRY TN-LAKE TN-LAUDERDALE TN-LAWRENCE AR- MISSISSIPPI AR-OBION TN-PEMISCOT MO-POINSETT AR-RANDOLPH AR- WEAKLEY TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY...BLACK ROCK...BLYTHEVILLE...BONO... BROOKLAND...CAMPBELL...CARAWAY...CARUTHERSVILLE...CORNING... DYERSBURG...GOSNELL...HARRISBURG...HAYTI...HOXIE...HUMBOLDT... HUNTINGDON...JONESBORO...KEISER...KENNETT...LAKE CITY...LEACHVILLE... LEPANTO...LUXORA...MALDEN...MANILA...MARKED TREE...MARMADUKE... MARTIN...MCKENZIE...MILAN...MONETTE...OSCEOLA...PARAGOULD...PARIS... PIGGOTT...POCAHONTAS...PORTAGEVILLE...RECTOR...RIPLEY...SENATH... STEELE...TRENTON...TRUMANN...TYRONZA...UNION CITY... WALNUT RIDGE AND WILSON 230 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD WHERE THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING LATE AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 1/2 INCH OR MORE OF ICE TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$  000 WWAK43 PAFC 040036 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 5 PM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ155-032300- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 PM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. FREEZING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BETHEL. REMEMBER...A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 PM. $$  000 WWAK43 PAFC 040036 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 5 PM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ155-032300- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 PM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. FREEZING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BETHEL. REMEMBER...A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 PM. $$ NNNN  678 WWUS41 KAKQ 032109 WSWAKQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 406 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL TRACK TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN PUSH OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE WILL MAKE FOR A WINTERY SCENARIO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. MDZ021>023-NCZ012-013-VAZ048-049-060>094-040129- AMELIA VA-BRUNSWICK VA-CAROLINE VA-CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA- CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA-DORCHESTER MD-ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA- GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA-GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA- HERTFORD NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA- KING WILLIAM VA-LANCASTER VA-LOUISA VA-LUNENBURG VA-MATHEWS VA- MECKLENBURG VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA- NORTHAMPTON NC-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-POWHATAN VA- PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA-SOMERSET MD- SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-WESTMORELAND VA-WICOMICO MD- YORK VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AHOSKIE...AMELIA COURTHOUSE...ASHLAND... BLACKSTONE...BON AIR...BOWLING GREEN...BOYKINS...BRODNAX...CALLAO... CAMBRIDGE...CARTERSVILLE...CHAMPLAIN...CHARLES CITY...CHASE CITY... CHESTER...CLAREMONT...COLONIAL BEACH...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... COURTLAND...CREWE...CRISFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DAHLIA...DELTAVILLE... DINWIDDIE...DISPUTANTA...DOWNTOWN RICHMOND...EMPORIA...FAIR PORT... FARMVILLE...FORK UNION...FORT LEE...FRANKLIN...FRUITLAND... GARYSBURG...GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...GLOUCESTER POINT...GOOCHLAND... HADENSVILLE...HAMPDEN SYDNEY...HAMPTON...HIGHLAND SPRINGS... HOPEWELL...HURLOCK...IRVINGTON...KENBRIDGE...KILMARNOCK... KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...KING WILLIAM...LANGLEY AFB... LAWRENCEVILLE...LOUISA...MANNBORO...MATHEWS...MCKENNEY... MECHANICSVILLE...MILFORD...MINERAL...MONTROSS...MOSELEY... MURFREESBORO...NEW KENT...NEW POINT COMFORT...NEWPORT NEWS...NORGE... PALMYRA...PATRICK HENRY FIELD...PETERSBURG...POQUOSON...POWHATAN... PRINCESS ANNE...PURDY...QUEENS LAKE...RICH SQUARE...ROBLEY... ROXBURY...SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...SALISBURY...SEAFORD...SMITHFIELD... SOUTH HILL...SURRY...TALLEYSVILLE...TAPPAHANNOCK...TOANO... TUCKAHOE...URBANNA...VICTORIA...WAKEFIELD...WARSAW...WAVERLY... WEST POINT...WILLIAMSBURG AND WINDSOR 406 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL EXPAND INTO THE WATCH REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF EASTERN PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE RICHMOND METRO AREA...THE TRI CITIES...EMPORIA...AND FARMVILLE...AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS INLAND FROM CHESAPEAKE BAY INCLUDING HAMPTON...NEWPORT NEWS...AND WILLIAMSBURG. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THIS REGION ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES...HIGHEST WEST OF I-95...BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ICE ACCUMULATION IN THIS REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE RICHMOND METRO AREA...BASICALLY FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY NORTH THROUGH FLUVANNA AND LOUISA COUNTIES...WILL LIKELY SEE MAINLY SNOW OR A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE ASSOCIATED FROM THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE WARMER WATERS...AREAS ALONG THE COASTS...INCLUDING THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE...HAMPTON ROADS...AND VIRGINIA BEACH ARE EXPECTED TO SEE MOSTLY RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS THE AREAS OF GREATEST THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADJUSTED AND BETTER DEFINED AS THE EXACT TRACK AND IMPACTS OF THIS IMPENDING WINTER STORMS BECOME MORE CERTAIN. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING....MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ. $$ HURLEY  820 WWUS41 KAKQ 032107 WSWAKQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 406 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL TRACK TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN PUSH OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE WILL MAKE FOR A WINTERY SCENARIO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. MDZ021>023-NCZ012-013-VAZ048-049-060>094-040129- AMELIA VA-BRUNSWICK VA-CAROLINE VA-CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA- CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA-DORCHESTER MD-ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA- GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA-GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA- HERTFORD NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA- KING WILLIAM VA-LANCASTER VA-LOUISA VA-LUNENBURG VA-MATHEWS VA- MECKLENBURG VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA- NORTHAMPTON NC-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-POWHATAN VA- PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA-SOMERSET MD- SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-WESTMORELAND VA-WICOMICO MD- YORK VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AHOSKIE...AMELIA COURTHOUSE...ASHLAND... BLACKSTONE...BON AIR...BOWLING GREEN...BOYKINS...BRODNAX...CALLAO... CAMBRIDGE...CARTERSVILLE...CHAMPLAIN...CHARLES CITY...CHASE CITY... CHESTER...CLAREMONT...COLONIAL BEACH...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... COURTLAND...CREWE...CRISFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DAHLIA...DELTAVILLE... DINWIDDIE...DISPUTANTA...DOWNTOWN RICHMOND...EMPORIA...FAIR PORT... FARMVILLE...FORK UNION...FORT LEE...FRANKLIN...FRUITLAND... GARYSBURG...GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...GLOUCESTER POINT...GOOCHLAND... HADENSVILLE...HAMPDEN SYDNEY...HAMPTON...HIGHLAND SPRINGS... HOPEWELL...HURLOCK...IRVINGTON...KENBRIDGE...KILMARNOCK... KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...KING WILLIAM...LANGLEY AFB... LAWRENCEVILLE...LOUISA...MANNBORO...MATHEWS...MCKENNEY... MECHANICSVILLE...MILFORD...MINERAL...MONTROSS...MOSELEY... MURFREESBORO...NEW KENT...NEW POINT COMFORT...NEWPORT NEWS...NORGE... PALMYRA...PATRICK HENRY FIELD...PETERSBURG...POQUOSON...POWHATAN... PRINCESS ANNE...PURDY...QUEENS LAKE...RICH SQUARE...ROBLEY... ROXBURY...SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...SALISBURY...SEAFORD...SMITHFIELD... SOUTH HILL...SURRY...TALLEYSVILLE...TAPPAHANNOCK...TOANO... TUCKAHOE...URBANNA...VICTORIA...WAKEFIELD...WARSAW...WAVERLY... WEST POINT...WILLIAMSBURG AND WINDSOR 406 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL EXPAND INTO THE WATCH REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF EASTERN PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE RICHMOND METRO AREA...THE TRI CITIES...EMPORIA...AND FARMVILLE...AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS INLAND FROM CHESAPEAKE BAY INCLUDING HAMPTON...NEWPORT NEWS...AND WILLIAMSBURG. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THIS REGION ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES...HIGHEST WEST OF I-95...BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ICE ACCUMULATION IN THIS REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE RICHMOND METRO AREA...BASICALLY FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY NORTH THROUGH FLUVANNA AND LOUISA COUNTIES...WILL LIKELY SEE MAINLY SNOW OR A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE ASSOCIATED FROM THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE WARMER WATERS...AREAS ALONG THE COASTS...INCLUDING THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE...HAMPTON ROADS...AND VIRGINIA BEACH ARE EXPECTED TO SEE MOSTLY RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS THE AREAS OF GREATEST THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADJUSTED AND BETTER DEFINED AS THE EXACT TRACK AND IMPACTS OF THIS IMPENDING WINTER STORMS BECOME MORE CERTAIN. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING....MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ. $$ HURLEY  980 WWUS43 KDDC 040023 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 313 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...OVERNIGHT SNOW FALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST HAD MEET WITH COLD AIR OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THIS COMBINATION WAS ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TEXAS NORTH INTO PARTS OF KANSAS AND COLORADO. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND FINALLY SHIFT OFF TO THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY. GREATEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THOUGH SNOW WILL EXTEND NORTH INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ELKHART AND RICHFIELD, EAST THROUGH HUGOTON, LIBERAL, MEADE, ASHLAND, COLDWATER AND MEDICINE LODGE. AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE SEEN NORTH OF THAT AREA. SOME FREEZING RAIN WHICH FELL DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER WILL BECOME COVERED WITH LIGHT, LOOSE SNOW THEREBY MAKING ROADS SLIPPERY IN PLACES. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA ROOM FOR STOPPING. KSZ084>090-040513- BARBER KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-MEADE KS-MORTON KS-SEWARD KS- STEVENS KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ASHLAND...COLDWATER...ELKHART...HUGOTON... LAKE COLDWATER...LIBERAL...MEADE... MEADE STATE PARK AND MEDICINE LODGE ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND 30 MILES NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER FROM ELKHART AND LIBERAL EAST TO MEDICINE LODGE. $$ JOHNSON  000 WWAK43 PAFC 032120 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 8 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ155-032300- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING... AREAS OF FREEZING WILL MOVE THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. FREEZING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BETHEL. REMEMBER...A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 2 PM. $$ NNNN WWAK43 PAFC 032120 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 8 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 AKZ155-032300- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 AM AST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FREEZING RAIN WARNING... AREAS OF FREEZING WILL MOVE THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. FREEZING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BETHEL. REMEMBER...A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY SURFACES. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 2 PM. $$  736 WWUS43 KMQT 032123 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 420 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC AIR CROSSING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS AND INTENSIFY AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDES EAST FROM MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TOMORROW MORNING. MIZ001-003-040500- KEWEENAW MI-NORTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALUMET...COPPER HARBOR... EAGLE HARBOR AND HOUGHTON 420 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS TOWARD MIDNIGHT ALONG THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES TOMORROW BEFORE SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISH. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION WILL FALL FROM PAINSEDALE TO CALUMET WHERE THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE SPINE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA WILL ACT TO FOCUS AND ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ACROSS THIS REGION SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER. $$ JLA/JLB  670 WWUS43 KTOP 032125 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 325 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 35. DURING WEDNESDAY FORENOON, SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE, PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN AN INCH OR SO. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY MIDDAY MAY REACH TWO TO FOUR INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 35, WITH AN INCH OR LESS ELSEWHERE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA. KSZ054>056-058-059-040600- ANDERSON-COFFEY-FRANKLIN-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA AND OTTAWA 316 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... SNOW WILL COMMENCE TONIGHT, AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY FORENOON. EXPECT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW, MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. $$  000 WWUS42 KGSP 032127 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA...SOUTH WINDS ALOFT WILL LIFT ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER A LAYER OF COOL AND DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. FORECAST TEMPERATURE FIELDS INDICATE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND I-26...AND SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH MID MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO END BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ICE BUILDUP WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-40. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. NCZ033-049-050-050400- AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...NEWLAND AND SPRUCE PINE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW AT AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY BY TOMORROW EVENING... WHILE UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-050400- BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...BRYSON CITY... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL...ROBBINSVILLE... SYLVA AND WAYNESVILLE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BY THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF THE AFTERNOON... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL PREDOMINANTLY AS FREEZING RAIN. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF ICE MAY BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-050400- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC- PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-RABUN GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON AND WALHALLA 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY AS SLEET. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY...AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ066>068-SCZ004>008-010>013-019-050400- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HART GA-LAURENS SC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CARNESVILLE... CLEMSON...COLUMBUS...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... HARTWELL...LAURENS...PICKENS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA AND UNION 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY... MAINLY AS A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY...AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-050400- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GASTON NC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC- YORK SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL AND YORK 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...MAINLY AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY BE ENOUGH TO FELL TREES AND KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LOSS OF POWER. $$ NCZ034>037-054>057-050400- ALEXANDER NC-BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC- MCDOWELL NC-ROWAN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...LENOIR...MARION...MOCKSVILLE... MORGANTON...NEWTON...SALISBURY...STATESVILLE AND TAYLORSVILLE 336 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...MAINLY AS A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ LANE  574 WWUS44 KOUN 032135 WSWOKC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 335 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. MEANWHILE... COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WILL CAUSE A MIXTURE OF WINTER WEATHER TYPES... RANGING FROM SNOW IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS... OR INTERNET WEATHER SOURCES FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. OKZ004>006-009>011-040400- ALFALFA OK-ELLIS OK-HARPER OK-MAJOR OK-WOODS OK-WOODWARD OK-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVA AND WOODWARD 335 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER HARPER COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL PLANS CANNOT BE POSTPONED. MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD MOVE OUT OF NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER... TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL OVERNIGHT... TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND IF YOU HAVE ONE...A CELLULAR PHONE. $$ OKZ007-008-012>018-021-040400- BECKHAM OK-BLAINE OK-CUSTER OK-DEWEY OK-GARFIELD OK-GRANT OK-KAY OK-KINGFISHER OK-NOBLE OK-ROGER MILLS OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...ELK CITY...ENID...KINGFISHER... PONCA CITY AND WEATHERFORD 335 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE ICE AND SNOW ON THE ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ALSO ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL OVERNIGHT... TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND IF YOU HAVE ONE...A CELLULAR PHONE. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY... TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. $$ OKZ019-020-022>030-033>036-038-TXZ083-040400- CADDO OK-CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-COMANCHE OK-GRADY OK-GREER OK-HARDEMAN TX-HARMON OK-JACKSON OK-KIOWA OK-LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-PAYNE OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-WASHITA OK-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTUS...CHICKASHA...EDMOND...EL RENO...GUTHRIE...HOBART...LAWTON...NORMAN...OKLAHOMA CITY...QUANAH... SHAWNEE AND STILLWATER 335 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW BY AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER... AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES... OVERPASSES... TREES... AND POWER LINES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH ROADWAYS MAY INITIALLY BE WET... BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ICE UP MUCH SOONER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION... ESPECIALLY WHEN APPROACHING BRIDGES... OVERPASSES AND RAMPS. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END BY NOON WEDNESDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY. $$ OKZ031-032-037-039-040-042-044-TXZ084>088-040400- BAYLOR TX-COTTON OK-FOARD TX-GARVIN OK-HUGHES OK-KNOX TX-PONTOTOC OK- SEMINOLE OK-STEPHENS OK-TILLMAN OK-WICHITA TX-WILBARGER TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADA...BURKBURNETT...DUNCAN...ELECTRA... IOWA PARK...SEYMOUR...VERNON AND WICHITA FALLS 335 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT... RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS... ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ CJS/DM  189 WWUS43 KLSX 032139 WSWSTL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 335 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SNOW HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED TO THE NORTH OF THIS LOW OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO ACCUMMULATE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. ROADS MAY RAPIDLY BECOME SLIPPERY ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL TRIP. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH WORK OR SCHOOL TOMORROW MORNING. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT WHEN APPROACHING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND CURVES. MOZ084-085-099-040310- IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- 335 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMLATE BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. $$ ACQUAVIVA/BRITT  386 WWUS46 KPDT 032152 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 136 PM PST TUE DEC 3 2002 ORZ041>045-047-WAZ024>029-042230- CENTRAL OREGON OR-EAST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OR- EAST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE WA-EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN CASCADES WA- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WA- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OR-JOHN DAY VALLEY OR- KITTITAS VALLEY WA-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN WA-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OR- NORTH CENTRAL OREGON OR-YAKIMA VALLEY WA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...CLE ELUM...CONDON...CONNELL... DAYTON...ELLENSBURG...GOLDENDALE...GRANDVIEW...HEPPNER...HERMISTON... JOHN DAY...KENNEWICK...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MILTON-FREEWATER...MORO... NACHES...PASCO...PENDLETON...PRINEVILLE...PROSSER...REDMOND... RICHLAND...SUNNYSIDE...THE DALLES...TOPPENISH... WALLA WALLA AND YAKIMA 136 PM PST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS A WEAKENING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AS IT MOVES INTO IDAHO. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW OR AT FREEZING...WHICH WILL ALLOW ICE TO FORM ON THE ROADWAYS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. $$  500 WWUS41 KAKQ 032140 CCA WSWAKQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 440 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL TRACK TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN PUSH OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE WILL MAKE FOR A WINTERY SCENARIO ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. MDZ021>023-NCZ012-013-VAZ048-049-060>094-040129- AMELIA VA-BRUNSWICK VA-CAROLINE VA-CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA- CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA-DORCHESTER MD-ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA- GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA-GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA- HERTFORD NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA- KING WILLIAM VA-LANCASTER VA-LOUISA VA-LUNENBURG VA-MATHEWS VA- MECKLENBURG VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA- NORTHAMPTON NC-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-POWHATAN VA- PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA-SOMERSET MD- SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-WESTMORELAND VA-WICOMICO MD- YORK VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AHOSKIE...AMELIA COURTHOUSE...ASHLAND... BLACKSTONE...BON AIR...BOWLING GREEN...BOYKINS...BRODNAX...CALLAO... CAMBRIDGE...CARTERSVILLE...CHAMPLAIN...CHARLES CITY...CHASE CITY... CHESTER...CLAREMONT...COLONIAL BEACH...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... COURTLAND...CREWE...CRISFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DAHLIA...DELTAVILLE... DINWIDDIE...DISPUTANTA...DOWNTOWN RICHMOND...EMPORIA...FAIR PORT... FARMVILLE...FORK UNION...FORT LEE...FRANKLIN...FRUITLAND... GARYSBURG...GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...GLOUCESTER POINT...GOOCHLAND... HADENSVILLE...HAMPDEN SYDNEY...HAMPTON...HIGHLAND SPRINGS... HOPEWELL...HURLOCK...IRVINGTON...KENBRIDGE...KILMARNOCK... KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...KING WILLIAM...LANGLEY AFB... LAWRENCEVILLE...LOUISA...MANNBORO...MATHEWS...MCKENNEY... MECHANICSVILLE...MILFORD...MINERAL...MONTROSS...MOSELEY... MURFREESBORO...NEW KENT...NEW POINT COMFORT...NEWPORT NEWS...NORGE... PALMYRA...PATRICK HENRY FIELD...PETERSBURG...POQUOSON...POWHATAN... PRINCESS ANNE...PURDY...QUEENS LAKE...RICH SQUARE...ROBLEY... ROXBURY...SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...SALISBURY...SEAFORD...SMITHFIELD... SOUTH HILL...SURRY...TALLEYSVILLE...TAPPAHANNOCK...TOANO... TUCKAHOE...URBANNA...VICTORIA...WAKEFIELD...WARSAW...WAVERLY... WEST POINT...WILLIAMSBURG AND WINDSOR 406 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL EXPAND INTO THE WATCH REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF EASTERN PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE RICHMOND METRO AREA...THE TRI CITIES...EMPORIA...AND FARMVILLE...AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS INLAND FROM CHESAPEAKE BAY INCLUDING HAMPTON...NEWPORT NEWS...AND WILLIAMSBURG. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THIS REGION ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES...HIGHEST WEST OF I-95...BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ICE ACCUMULATION IN THIS REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE RICHMOND METRO AREA...BASICALLY FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY NORTH THROUGH FLUVANNA AND LOUISA COUNTIES...WILL LIKELY SEE MAINLY SNOW OR A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE ASSOCIATED FROM THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE WARMER WATERS...AREAS ALONG THE COASTS...INCLUDING THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE...HAMPTON ROADS...AND VIRGINIA BEACH ARE EXPECTED TO SEE MOSTLY RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS THE AREAS OF GREATEST THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADJUSTED AND BETTER DEFINED AS THE EXACT TRACK AND IMPACTS OF THIS IMPENDING WINTER STORMS BECOME MORE CERTAIN. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING....MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ. $$ HURLEY  970 WWUS43 KEAX 032157 WSWMCI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 357 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 KSZ057-060-MOZ043>045-053-054-040300- BATES-CASS-HENRY-JOHNSON-LINN-MIAMI-PETTIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...CLINTON...HARRISONVILLE...PAOLA... SEDALIA AND WARRENSBURG. 357 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...AS A LARGE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT THIS TIME 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED...FROM PAOLA TO SEDALIA AND LOCATIONS SOUTH. AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE TOWARD THE NORTH. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NRR  350 WWUS42 KILM 032201 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 500 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT...AS ANOTHER LOW FORMS OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THE COASTAL LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...SPREADING WARM MOIST AIR OVER THE SHALLOW COLD AIR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT AS WARMER AIR BEGINS TO REACH THE SURFACE...A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL THEN CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY. NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-040500- DARLINGTON SC-DILLON SC-MARLBORO SC-ROBESON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... HARTSVILLE AND LUMBERTON 500 PM EST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING... FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGES TO PLAIN RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...AND ICY ROADS MAY MAKE TRAVELING DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ JAQ  501 WWUS44 KTSA 032217 WSWTUL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL AFFECT THE PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. OKZ054>067-042200- CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-OKFUSKEE OK- OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK- WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARTLESVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW... CLAREMORE...JAY...MIAMI...NOWATA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...PAWHUSKA... PAWNEE...PRYOR...SAND SPRINGS...TULSA...VINITA AND WAGONER 354 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ068>071-042200- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-MADISON AR-MCINTOSH OK- MUSKOGEE OK-WASHINGTON AR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...EUFAULA... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...MUSKOGEE...ROGERS... SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STILWELL AND TAHLEQUAH 354 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD TO THE NORTH AND EAST OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH ROADWAYS MAY INITIALLY BE WET...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ICE UP MUCH SOONER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION... ESPECIALLY WHEN APPROACHING BRIDGES... OVERPASSES AND RAMPS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$  013 WWUS45 KBYZ 032200 WSWBYZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 300 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 MTZ028>030-034-035-038-040>042-056>058-WYZ099-032300- GOLDEN VALLEY-MUSSELSHELL-NORTHERN BIG HORN-PARK-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-STILLWATER-SWEET GRASS-TREASURE- WESTERN CARBON-WHEATLAND-YELLOWSTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG TIMBER...BILLINGS...COLUMBUS... HARDIN...HARLOWTON...HYSHAM...LIVINGSTON...RED LODGE...ROUNDUP... RYEGATE AND SHERIDAN 300 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ENDED... SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MONTANA INTO NORTHERN WYOMING THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE  831 WWUS43 KSGF 032154 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ..SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE OVER NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL SPREAD GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVERNIGHT. AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A COLD AIR MASS IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE COLD AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE WILL COMBINE WITH THE MOISTURE LATER TONIGHT TO SPREAD FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE SLOW TO FALL BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE A GRADUAL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TURNS OVER TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND HOW FAST TEMPERATURES ALOFT CAN COOL. A SLIGHT DEVIATION IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME...THE POTENTIAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH A LAYER OF SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG INTERSTATE 44...WITH MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. MOZ095>098-101>106-040200- BARRY-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-OREGON-OZARK-SHANNON-STONE- TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BRANSON...MONETT... OZARK AND WEST PLAINS. 400 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WAS MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AROUND 8 PM. WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE SPREADING NORTHWARD AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE...ICING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES EARLY THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AFTER 8 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE IT TURNS OVER TO ALL SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. POWER OUTAGES MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT SO BE PREPARED NOW BEFORE THE ICE BEGINS. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING. BRING ALONG PLENTY OF WATER...AS WELL AS A FIRST AID KIT AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ KSZ101-MOZ082-088-090>094-040200- CHEROKEE-GREENE-JASPER-LAWRENCE-NEWTON-TEXAS-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...MOUNT VERNON... NEOSHO AND SPRINGFIELD. 400 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WAS MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE SPREADING NORTHWARD AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE...ICING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES EARLY THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE HEAVILY TOWARD MIDNIGHT. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE OZARK PLATEAU. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KSZ073-097-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-083-089-040400- BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CRAWFORD-DADE-DALLAS-DENT-HICKORY- LACLEDE-MARIES-MILLER-MORGAN-PHELPS-POLK-PULASKI-ST. CLAIR-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... FORT SCOTT...LEBANON...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG... ROLLA AND STOCKTON. 400 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SLEET AND SNOW WAS MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE SPREADING NORTHWARD AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE...ICING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES EARLY THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE HEAVILY TOWARD MIDNIGHT. EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...LESSER AMOUNTS FROM NEVADA TO WARSAW MISSOURI. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS IS EXPECTED. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ JLT  506 WWUS46 KOTX 032232 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 229 PM PST TUE DEC 3 2002 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-040700- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG WILL OCCUR ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AGAIN TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE AN ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TONIGHT AND DURING WEDNESDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE. $$  181 WWUS45 KTFX 032219 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 330 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 MTZ012-014-048-050>054-040000- BROADWATER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-FERGUS- JEFFERSON-JUDITH BASIN-MEAGHER-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 330 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MTZ055-040000- GALLATIN- 330 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY. ANY NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BRUSDA NNNN  613 WWUS44 KAMA 032235 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 434 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER-LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>013-016>018-040600- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-HANSFORD-HARTLEY- HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL- ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...BEAVER...BOISE CITY...BOOKER... BORGER...CANADIAN...CANYON...CLAUDE...DALHART...DUMAS...GUYMON... HARTLEY...HEREFORD...MIAMI...PANHANDLE...PERRYTON...SPEARMAN... STRATFORD...VEGA 434 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ TXZ014-015-019-020-040600- COLLINGSWORTH-DONLEY-GRAY-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARENDON...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WELLINGTON 434 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND FAR EASTCENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE SNOW WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ WYNNE  916 WWUS44 KEPZ 032227 WSWELP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 335 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 NMZ025-040100- SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLOUDCROFT. 335 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...SNOW ADVISORY CANCELLED... A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS ABOUT OVER. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET OVERNIGHT...BEFORE THE SKIES CLEAR IN THE MORNING. $$ HEFNER  259 WWUS45 KTFX 032243 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 342 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 MTZ012-014-048-050>054-040000- BROADWATER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-FERGUS- JEFFERSON-JUDITH BASIN-MEAGHER-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- 342 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MTZ055-040000- GALLATIN- 342 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY. ANY NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BRUSDA NNNN  758 WWUS45 KABQ 032245 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 345 PM MST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SIGNIFICANT TAP OF MOISTURE CONTINUING TO STREAM ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO. COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE FRONT HAD FILTERED INTO NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL NEW MEXICO. AS A RESULT...SNOW AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE TONIGHT. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 1.800.432.4269. NMZ002-004-005-010-011-040500- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT... OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 8000 FEET WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND FOG. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ NMZ006-007-040500- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY- ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT... OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS IN FOG AND SNOW. $$ NMZ012-013-016-017-040500- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-QUAY COUNTY- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT... OCCASIONAL SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN OR DRIZZLE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS IN FOG AND PRECIPITATION. $$ NMZ003-040500- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT... OCCASIONAL SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL OVER THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...DURING THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF OVERNIGHT. $$  835 WWUS43 KPAH 032254 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 455 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EAST INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DRAW MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE WINTER SEASON. ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 041100- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY- JOHNSON IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY- MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL- PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL- WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...CAPE GIRARDEAU... PADUCAH...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE AND CAIRO 436 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO VIENNA ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NOW APPEAR LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN... CHANGING THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR LATER WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. $$ ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-040522- DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL- HENDERSON KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POSEY IN-SALINE IL-SPENCER IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL- WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRYVILLE...OWENSBORO...HENDERSON... EVANSVILLE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI AND CARBONDALE 436 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION. AS OF NOW...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS CLOSER TO THE OHIO RIVER. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER IN THE EVENING. THE MAIN FACTORS WHICH CAN AFFECT PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE THE TRACK OF THE LOW...AND TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE TRACK OF THE LOW CAN AFFECT HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT IN WHAT FORM THE PRECIPITATION FALLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$