URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 709 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.
