PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 PM EST THU DEC 4 2003


...PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL AND ICING REPORTS FROM COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS 
CENTERS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 130 
PM...


ALEXANDER COUNTY...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING PRESENTLY. SOME 
ROADWAYS WERE SNOW COVERED NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE WITH LIGHT 
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY.


ANDERSON COUNTY...ALL RAIN NOW. SOME ICING THIS MORNING ON BRIDGES 
AND OVERPASSES BUT NO CONTINUING PROBLEMS.


AVERY COUNTY...SNOWING. 4 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR LINVILLE...3 TO 3 
1/2 INCHES AROUND NEWLAND.


BUNCOMBE COUNTY...A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE FALLING NOW. FREEZING RAIN 
REPORTED ON FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN WITH 31 DEGREES. SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE 
GENERALLY 2 TO 3 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS MORNING BEFORE 
CHANGING OVER.


BURKE COUNTY...DUSTING OF SNOW EARLIER. RAIN NOW WITH NO KNOWN ICING 
PROBLEMS.


CABARRUS COUNTY...NO REPORTS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT ICING SO FAR.


CALDWELL COUNTY...LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW EARLIER. NO REPORTS OF 
SIGNIFICANT ICING YET.


CATAWBA COUNTY...FREEZING RAIN PRODUCING ICING ON CARS AND OBJECTS 
BUT NOTHING ON ROADWAYS YET.


CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA...RAIN WITH 33 DEGREES PRESENTLY. 
SOME MINOR ICING REPORTED THIS MORNING.


CLEVELAND COUNTY...A DUSTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING WITH SOME ICING ON 
ELEVATED SURFACES. ALL RAIN NOW WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS REPORTED.


DAVIE COUNTY...PRECIPITATION RANGING FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TO 
HEAVY SLEET. SOME SURFACES ICED OVER WITH 29 DEGREES AT MOCKSVILLE.


GASTON COUNTY...NO SIGNIFICANT ICING REPORTED THUS FAR.


GRAHAM COUNTY...RAIN NOW. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF ICE EARLIER.


GREENVILLE COUNTY...ALL RAIN NOW. ICING OF BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
THIS MORNING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS REPORTED.


HABERSHAM COUNTY...ALL RAIN...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ICING PROBLEMS 
REPORTED.


HART COUNTY...ALL RAIN NOW. SOME MINOR ICING PROBLEMS THIS MORNING.


HAYWOOD COUNTY...MAINLY RAIN NOW. ONE INCH OF SNOW FELL IN 
WAYNESVILLE WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BEFORE 
CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN.

HENDERSON COUNTY...ALL RAIN NOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE GENERALLY 1 
TO 2 INCHES THIS MORNING.

IREDELL COUNTY...SNOW AND SLEET STICKING TO ROADS IN THE NORTHERN 
END OF THE COUNTY.
 
JACKSON COUNTY...ALL RAIN NOW. EARLIER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
INCLUDED ONE INCH IN SYLVA...4+ INCHES NEAR CASHIERS...AND 3-5" NEAR 
BALSAM.

LAURENS COUNTY...MAINLY RAIN NOW...BUT WITH SPOTTY ICING ON 
CARS...TREES...AND POWER LINES.

LINCOLN COUNTY...FREEZING RAIN PRODUCING ICING ON SIGNS AND OBJECTS 
BUT NOTHING ON ROADWAYS THUS FAR.

MACON COUNTY...ALL RAIN NOW. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET 
REPORTED THIS MORNING BEFORE MIXING OVER.

MADISON COUNTY...A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE PRESENTLY FALLING. SNOWFALL 
TOTALS WERE 1 TO 4 INCHES EARLIER TODAY.

MCDOWELL COUNTY...1/2" OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATED EARLIER. SOME 
MINOR ICING BUT NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS.

MECKLENBURG COUNTY...ICY CONDITIONS REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADS.

MITCHELL COUNTY...AROUND 5 INCHES OF SNOW AT LITTLE SWITZERLAND...3 
INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY...WITH A LIGHT 
COATING OF ICE ON TOP.

OCONEE COUNTY...PRECIPITATION ALL RAIN NOW WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ICING 
PROBLEMS.
 
PICKENS COUNTY...ALL RAIN PRESENTLY. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS 
THIS MORNING BUT NO CONTINUING PROBLEMS.

POLK COUNTY...1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW EARLIER BEFORE CHANGING TO 
FREEZING RAIN. MAINLY RAIN NOW BUT WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING 
TEMPERATURES.

RABUN COUNTY...ALL RAIN NOW. A SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN 
MIXTURE PRODUCED SOME 1/4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED OBJECTS 
EARLY.

ROWAN COUNTY...A RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE FALLING PRESENTLY.

RUTHERFORD COUNTY...1/4 TO 1/2" SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THIS 
MORNING. FREEZING RAIN FALLING NOW. WET AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS ON 
ROADWAYS WITH ACCUMULATIONS BUILDING UP ON TREES AND POWER LINES.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY...ALL NOW RAIN...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN 
OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. ICING PROBLEMS ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED 
OBJECTS THIS MORNING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS RECENTLY.

STEPHENS COUNTY...ALL RAIN WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ICING PROBLEMS 
REPORTED.

SWAIN COUNTY...MOSTLY RAIN PRESENTLY. ABOUT 2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL 
THIS MORNING AT BRYSON CITY WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE HIGHER 
ELEVATIONS.

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...MAINLY RAIN...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN 
STILL. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WERE 2 TO 3 INCHES IN BREVARD EARLIER 
WITH UP TO 5 INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

YANCEY COUNTY...ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...STARTING 
TO MELT IN SOME LOCATIONS.

YORK COUNTY...LIGHT DRIZZLE FALLING WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ICING 
REPORTED.