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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.
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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

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