Special Weather Statement for Clay County, North Carolina

LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND VALLEY, AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ... ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND VALLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING IN MUCH COLDER AIR AND SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW. MOISTURE WILL BE MUCH MORE LIMITED SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR, SO A DUSTING TO PERHAPS HALF INCH OF SNOW WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS IN THESE AREAS. A FEW LOCALIZED SPOTS ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE UP TO AN INCH. SECOND SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST US ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL DRAWING MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER AN ALREADY FRIGID AIR MASS. ALTHOUGH BEST MOISTURE WILL LIE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA, AN ADDITIONAL DUSTING TO HALF INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM AND ARE UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WHERE SNOW DOES ACCUMULATE ON ANY SECONDARY AND UNTREATED ROADS, BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

• Issuing Office: Knoxville/Tri-Cities

  Source: National.Weather.Service

  4:29am EST, Thu Jan 5