000 TTAA00 KGSP 092107 SCZ001>004-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 406 PM EST SAT DEC 9 1989 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPSTATE AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 345 PM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER THE UPSTATE AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE WAS A BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW EXTENDING FROM GREENVILLE ALONG INTERSTATE 85 TO NEAR ANDERSON...AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ELBERTON GEORGIA. THIS BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST. MANY AREAS IN THE UPSTATE WERE REPORTING A FAIRLY HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON TREES WITH PATCHY ICE ON ROADS...AND ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TRAVELERS REST PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE AND SNOW ON THE GROUND AND THE PICKENS COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED NEARLY 11/2 INCHES. THE GSP AIRPORT HAD ONLY 1/10 INCH OF ICE AND SNOW WHICH MELTED AS IT FELL...BUT A MIXTURE WAS STILL OCCURING. > ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TOWARD EVENING WHEN THE TEMPERATURE COULD FALL A BIT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. WAJ