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Crank up the snow sirens: Winter storm warning means buckle up and batten down, and buy the bread and milk

Jason Sandford December 31, 2007

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

The national weather service in greenville-spartanburg has issued a winter storm warning…which is in effect from 12 pm tuesday to 6 pm est wednesday.

Scattered snow showers will develop across the north carolina mountains early tuesday…increasing in coverage and intensity by Tuesday evening along and near the tennessee state line. Storm total snowfall amounts of 4 to 7 inches will be possible especially in the higher elevations and on northwest facing slopes. Strong Northwest winds of 25 to 30 mph…with gusts of up to 45 Mph…could also create considerable blowing of snow in affected locations. The combination of strong winds and cold temperatures will also cause wind chill values to fall to between zero and 10 below early wednesday across much of the higher terrain.

A winter storm warning means significant amounts of snow and blowing snow are expected or occurring. Strong winds are also possible. This will make travel very hazardous or impossible.

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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3 Comments

Bill January 1, 2008

As if the National Guard could not get food and water to a major city, or even a minor one.

That shiznit always drives me nuts too.

Now excuse me while I go stock up on rum.

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Ash January 1, 2008

that is just cray-zeeee! shazam!

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No One In Particular December 31, 2007

Stupid winter storm warnings….Apparently EVERYONE in Haywood County thinks that there is going to be a huge blizzard which will trap us all inside our homes for months. The Ingles in Waynesville (which I was only in because I was buying groceries for someone else!) had more people in it than I had ever seen in a grocery store in my life. I had to park nearly at the far end of the parking lot, the checkout lines were extending back into the frozen foods section, you could barely move down the aisles, and bread, milk, bottled water, and for some odd reason boneless chicken breasts, were fast becoming rare commodities. I simply cannot understand why everyone runs to the grocery store just because there is a winter storm warning which will probably amount to nothing more than a dusting, if that. I bet 90% of the people in there didn’t really need anything, they just had a panic attack when the WLOS weather-guessers said "snow". As if we’ve EVER had such a massive snow here that we couldn’t leave the house for weeks. The longest I’ve ever been stuck was in the blizzard of 1993, and that was just three days. People are insane.

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