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				<div class='nws_warning'><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ018.RNKNPWRNK.013700' class='nws_warning'>High Wind Warning - Watauga (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0181'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0181').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0181').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0181' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0181').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0181').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...<br /><br />.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. VERY<br />STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE<br />FRONT BY DAYBREAK MONDAY AND THEN PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT.<br /><br />NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-030945-<br />/O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0008.071203T0500Z-071204T0900Z/<br />ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...<br />INDEPENDENCE...GALAX<br />837 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />4 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />4 AM EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS<br />TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS<br />ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...HOWEVER DOWNED TREES<br />COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE AND MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br />OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS<br />OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0181').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0181').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ001.RNKNPWRNK.013700' class='nws_warning'>High Wind Warning - Ashe (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0011'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0011').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0011').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0011' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0011').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0011').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...<br /><br />.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. VERY<br />STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE<br />FRONT BY DAYBREAK MONDAY AND THEN PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT.<br /><br />NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-030945-<br />/O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0008.071203T0500Z-071204T0900Z/<br />ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...<br />INDEPENDENCE...GALAX<br />837 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />4 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />4 AM EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS<br />TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS<br />ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...HOWEVER DOWNED TREES<br />COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE AND MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br />OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS<br />OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0011').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0011').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ033.GSPNPWGSP.203500' class='nws_warning'>High Wind Warning - Avery (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0331'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0331').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0331').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0331' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0331').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0331').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STOUT WESTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP...<br /><br />.A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY<br />MORNING...AND IN IT/S WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE<br />WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS COULD BE STRONG<br />ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.<br /><br />NCZ033-048>053-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-031100-<br />/O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0005.071203T0500Z-071204T1100Z/<br />AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-<br />NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-<br />CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-<br />RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH<br />GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT<br />LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH<br />SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH AT<br />TIMES...RESULTING IN DOWNED TREES AND/OR POWERLINES.<br /><br />THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE AT THE<br />HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET...BUT DAMAGING GUSTS COULD ALSO<br />EXTEND DOWN INTO SOME LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE<br />STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE<br />DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br />OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS<br />OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0331').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0331').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ033.GSPNOWGSP.022300' class='nws_warning'>Short Term Forecast - Avery (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0333'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0333').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0333').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0333' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0333').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0333').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />923 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />.NOW...<br />AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE<br />QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS TENNESSEE AND INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA<br />MOUNTAINS THROUGH 1130 PM. LOCATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER<br />WILL BE AFFECTED FIRST...MAINLY FROM ROBBINSVILLE...TO<br />MARSHALL BY AROUND 1000 PM...AND AREAS TO THE EAST THEREAFTER.<br />RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING WILL GENERALLY RANGE<br />AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH A FEW LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS<br />POSSIBLE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0333').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0333').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ056.GSPNPWGSP.203500' class='nws_warning'>Lake Wind Advisory - Catawba (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0561'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0561').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0561').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0561' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0561').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0561').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STOUT WESTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP...<br /><br />.A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY<br />MORNING...AND IN IT/S WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE<br />WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS COULD BE STRONG<br />ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.<br /><br />GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-<br />SCZ001>014-019-031100-<br />/O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0040.071203T1100Z-071204T0400Z/<br />RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-<br />CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-<br />UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-<br />GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-<br />CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-<br />GREENWOOD-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...<br />HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...<br />SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...<br />CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...<br />ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...<br />GREENWOOD<br />335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM EST MONDAY...<br /><br />THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED<br />A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM EST<br />MONDAY.<br /><br />INCREASINGLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. NORTHWEST<br />WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND THOSE<br />PLANNING ON BOATING SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS IF HEADING OUT ON THE LAKE.<br /><br />A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP<br />ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0561').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0561').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ053.GSPNPWGSP.203500' class='nws_warning'>High Wind Warning - Buncombe (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0531'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0531').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0531').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0531' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0531').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0531').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STOUT WESTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP...<br /><br />.A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY<br />MORNING...AND IN IT/S WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE<br />WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS COULD BE STRONG<br />ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.<br /><br />NCZ033-048>053-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-031100-<br />/O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0005.071203T0500Z-071204T1100Z/<br />AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-<br />NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-<br />CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-<br />RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH<br />GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT<br />LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH<br />SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH AT<br />TIMES...RESULTING IN DOWNED TREES AND/OR POWERLINES.<br /><br />THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE AT THE<br />HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET...BUT DAMAGING GUSTS COULD ALSO<br />EXTEND DOWN INTO SOME LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE<br />STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE<br />DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br />OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS<br />OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0531').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0531').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ053.GSPNOWGSP.022300' class='nws_warning'>Short Term Forecast - Buncombe (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0533'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0533').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0533').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0533' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0533').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0533').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />923 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />.NOW...<br />AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE<br />QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS TENNESSEE AND INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA<br />MOUNTAINS THROUGH 1130 PM. LOCATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER<br />WILL BE AFFECTED FIRST...MAINLY FROM ROBBINSVILLE...TO<br />MARSHALL BY AROUND 1000 PM...AND AREAS TO THE EAST THEREAFTER.<br />RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING WILL GENERALLY RANGE<br />AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH A FEW LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS<br />POSSIBLE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0533').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0533').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ002.RNKNPWRNK.013700' class='nws_warning'>High Wind Warning - Alleghany (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0021'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0021').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0021').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0021' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0021').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0021').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...<br /><br />.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. VERY<br />STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE<br />FRONT BY DAYBREAK MONDAY AND THEN PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT.<br /><br />NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-030945-<br />/O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0008.071203T0500Z-071204T0900Z/<br />ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...<br />INDEPENDENCE...GALAX<br />837 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />4 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />4 AM EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS<br />TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS<br />ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...HOWEVER DOWNED TREES<br />COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE AND MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br />OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS<br />OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0021').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0021').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ502.GSPNPWGSP.203500' class='nws_warning'>Wind Advisory - Greater Caldwell (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ5021'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ5021').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ5021').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ5021' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ5021').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ5021').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STOUT WESTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP...<br /><br />.A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY<br />MORNING...AND IN IT/S WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE<br />WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS COULD BE STRONG<br />ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.<br /><br />NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-031100-<br />/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0019.071203T1100Z-071204T1100Z/<br />ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-<br />GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...<br />RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS<br />335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED<br />A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST<br />TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS<br />OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT MONDAY MORNING.<br />WIND SPEEDS MAY BE ENOUGH TO TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND PERHAPS SOME<br />POWERLINES AS WELL.<br /><br />A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS<br />THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH<br />PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ5021').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ5021').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ050.GSPNPWGSP.203500' class='nws_warning'>High Wind Warning - Mitchell (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0501'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0501').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0501').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0501' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0501').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0501').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STOUT WESTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP...<br /><br />.A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY<br />MORNING...AND IN IT/S WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE<br />WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS COULD BE STRONG<br />ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.<br /><br />NCZ033-048>053-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-031100-<br />/O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0005.071203T0500Z-071204T1100Z/<br />AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-<br />NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-<br />CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-<br />RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH<br />GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT<br />LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH<br />SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH AT<br />TIMES...RESULTING IN DOWNED TREES AND/OR POWERLINES.<br /><br />THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE AT THE<br />HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET...BUT DAMAGING GUSTS COULD ALSO<br />EXTEND DOWN INTO SOME LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE<br />STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE<br />DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br />OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS<br />OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0501').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0501').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ050.GSPNOWGSP.022300' class='nws_warning'>Short Term Forecast - Mitchell (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0503'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0503').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0503').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0503' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0503').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0503').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />923 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />.NOW...<br />AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE<br />QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS TENNESSEE AND INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA<br />MOUNTAINS THROUGH 1130 PM. LOCATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER<br />WILL BE AFFECTED FIRST...MAINLY FROM ROBBINSVILLE...TO<br />MARSHALL BY AROUND 1000 PM...AND AREAS TO THE EAST THEREAFTER.<br />RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING WILL GENERALLY RANGE<br />AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH A FEW LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS<br />POSSIBLE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0503').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0503').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ019.RNKNPWRNK.013700' class='nws_warning'>Wind Advisory - Wilkes (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0191'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0191').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0191').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0191' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0191').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0191').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...<br /><br />.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. VERY<br />STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE<br />FRONT BY DAYBREAK MONDAY AND THEN PERSIST INTO MONDAY NIGHT.<br /><br />NCZ003-019-VAZ022>024-032>035-030945-<br />/O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0028.071203T0500Z-071204T0900Z/<br />SURRY-WILKES-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-<br />BEDFORD-AMHERST-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...SALEM...<br />FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST<br />837 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM<br />EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM<br />EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS<br />TO 55 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS<br />ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.<br /><br />A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE<br />POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY DOWN<br />TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...<br />ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0191').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0191').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ048.GSPNPWGSP.203500' class='nws_warning'>High Wind Warning - Madison (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0481'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0481').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0481').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0481' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0481').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0481').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />STOUT WESTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP...<br /><br />.A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY<br />MORNING...AND IN IT/S WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE<br />WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS COULD BE STRONG<br />ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.<br /><br />NCZ033-048>053-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-031100-<br />/O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0005.071203T0500Z-071204T1100Z/<br />AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-<br />NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-<br />CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-<br />RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-<br />INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY...<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO<br />6 AM EST TUESDAY.<br /><br />NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH<br />GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT<br />LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH<br />SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH AT<br />TIMES...RESULTING IN DOWNED TREES AND/OR POWERLINES.<br /><br />THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE AT THE<br />HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET...BUT DAMAGING GUSTS COULD ALSO<br />EXTEND DOWN INTO SOME LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE<br />STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE<br />DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.<br /><br />A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br />OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS<br />OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0481').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0481').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ048.GSPNOWGSP.022300' class='nws_warning'>Short Term Forecast - Madison (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0483'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0483').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0483').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0483' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0483').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0483').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...<br />WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...<br />HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE<br />923 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007<br /><br />.NOW...<br />AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE<br />QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS TENNESSEE AND INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA<br />MOUNTAINS THROUGH 1130 PM. LOCATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER<br />WILL BE AFFECTED FIRST...MAINLY FROM ROBBINSVILLE...TO<br />MARSHALL BY AROUND 1000 PM...AND AREAS TO THE EAST THEREAFTER.<br />RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING WILL GENERALLY RANGE<br />AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH A FEW LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS<br />POSSIBLE.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0483').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0483').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div></div>		<div style="text-align:center; padding-top:20px;">
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