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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
455 PM EST SAT DEC 9 1989

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPSTATE AREA
OF SOUTH CAROLINA...
...PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW OVER THE UPSTATE...

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PARTS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY WITH ABOUT AN INCH ACCUMULATION IN AND
NEAR THE CITY.  ABOUT 1/2 INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WESTERN PART
OF GREENVILLE.  LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING AT THE GSP AIRPORT
AT 445 PM WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT 34 DEGREES.

RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWED THE BACK EDGE OF THE MAIN BODY OF SNOW
ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR LANDRUM TO PICKENS TO THE ANDERSON/OCONEE COUNTY
BORDER.  THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION SEEMED TO BE ACCELERATING AND
THEREFORE THE HEAVY SNOW WILL END QUICKLY IN MANY AREAS.
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HOWEVER...THE SNOW COULD CONTINUE FOR 2 OR 3 HOURS IN SOME SPOTS
RESULTING IN CONTINUED ACCUMULATION...UP TO A COUPLE OF INCHES.

ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS VERY QUICKLY WITH THE SNOW STARTING TO
STICK.  GREENWOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REPORTED ABOUT
A QUARTER INCH ACCUMULATION WITH HAZARDOUS ROADS.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

WAJ

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