Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 9, 2011, 3:13 PM EST for 22 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 10, 2011, 4:25 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2011, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2011, 4:25 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2011, 10:49 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 22 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:45 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Oakboro, NC | ROADS SNOW COVERED |
| Jan 10, 4:55 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Laurinburg, NC | GROUND AND ROADS COVERED. |
| Jan 10, 5:25 AM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Lexington, NC | DUSTING. |
| Jan 10, 5:25 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Albemarle, NC | WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Jan 10, 5:45 AM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Fayetteville, NC | DUSTING ON GRASS AND CARS. |
| Jan 10, 5:50 AM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Asheboro, NC | A SOLID DUSTING ON SECONDARY ROADS AND A SPOTTY DUSTING ON HWY 64 WEST OF TOWN. |
| Jan 10, 5:55 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 W Seagrove, NC | US 220...NORTH OF US 64...MOSTLY SNOW COVERED. |
| Jan 10, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Southern Pines, NC | BEEN SNOWING SINCE ABOUT 430 AM...BUT RATES HAVE INCREASED IN LAST HOUR. |
| Jan 10, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Troy, NC | |
| Jan 10, 6:10 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 7 Sw Asheboro, NC | |
| Jan 10, 6:24 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Wadesboro, NC | ROADS SLICK. |
| Jan 10, 6:25 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | Clinton, NC | ROADS JUST WET... GRASS COVERED... SNOW STARTED SHORTLY AFTER 6 AM. |
| Jan 10, 6:35 AM EST | SNOW 1 | High Rock, NC | |
| Jan 10, 6:49 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Asheboro, NC | |
| Jan 10, 6:50 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Fayetteville, NC | ROADS COVERED |
| Jan 10, 6:58 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Dunn, NC | |
| Jan 10, 7:05 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Spring Lake, NC | |
| Jan 10, 7:10 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Troy, NC | |
| Jan 10, 7:10 AM EST | SNOW 2.1 | Southern Pines, NC | |
| Jan 10, 7:26 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Laurinburg, NC | ROADS COVERED AND STEADILY WORSENING. |
| Jan 10, 7:34 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Fayetteville, NC | RAODS COVERED |
| Jan 10, 8:09 AM EST | SNOW 2 | High Rock, NC | RATE OF 1.5 IN PER HOUR |
| Jan 10, 8:13 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Asheboro, NC | ROADS SLIPPERY |
| Jan 10, 8:13 AM EST | SNOW 3 | High Rock, NC | DAVIDSON ROWAN LINE |
| Jan 10, 8:18 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Laurinburg, NC | |
| Jan 10, 8:20 AM EST | SNOW 2.6 | Southern Pines, NC | |
| Jan 10, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.2 | High Rock, NC | |
| Jan 10, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Asheboro, NC | |
| Jan 10, 8:41 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Aberdeen, NC | MEDIA VIEWER |
| Jan 10, 8:42 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 5 Sw Lexington, NC | ROADS COVERED |
| Jan 10, 8:49 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Laurinburg, NC | |
| Jan 10, 9:09 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Wadesboro, NC | |
| Jan 10, 9:10 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Seagrove, NC | |
| Jan 10, 9:11 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Rockingham, NC | |
| Jan 10, 9:12 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 5 Se Laurinburg, NC | |
| Jan 10, 9:26 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 S Asheboro, NC | |
| Jan 10, 10:06 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Southern Pines, NC | |
| Jan 10, 10:32 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Vander, NC | |
| Jan 10, 10:34 AM EST | SNOW 1.6 | 3 Nw Fayetteville, NC | |
| Jan 10, 12:34 PM EST | SNOW 3.4 | Southern Pines, NC | TRANSITIONING TO SLEET |
| Jan 10, 12:57 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Raeford, NC | |
| Jan 10, 1:01 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Laurinburg, NC | TEMPERATURE 28 DEGREES |
| Jan 10, 1:03 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Ashley Heights, NC | |
| Jan 10, 1:06 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Rockingham, NC | TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES |
| Jan 10, 1:08 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Southern Pines, NC | ALL SNOW |
| Jan 10, 1:12 PM EST | SNOW 6.5 | 2 S Wadesboro, NC | ROADS COVERED |
| Jan 10, 1:23 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Troy, NC | |
| Jan 10, 1:26 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Nw Fayetteville, NC | SNOW RATE OVER INCH HR |
| Jan 10, 1:28 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Stanfield, NC | |
| Jan 10, 1:31 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Southern Pines, NC | |
| Jan 10, 1:57 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Stanfield, NC | |
| Jan 10, 2:01 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Mount Olive, NC | |
| Jan 10, 2:12 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Southern Pines, NC | |
| Jan 10, 3:06 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Southern Pines, NC | |
| Jan 10, 3:11 PM EST | SNOW 7 | 5 Se Laurinburg, NC | |
| Jan 10, 3:52 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Anderson Creek, NC | |
| Jan 10, 4:00 PM EST | SNOW 0 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | TRACE IN WEST RALEIGH |
| Jan 10, 4:21 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 4 Ssw Angier, NC | |
| Jan 10, 4:30 PM EST | SNOW 0 | 1 Nw Rdu International, NC | TRACE AT KRDU |
| Jan 10, 4:30 PM EST | SNOW 0 | 5 Ese Colfax, NC | TRACE AT KGSO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 102 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
437 WWUS42 KRAH 092013 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 313 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY... .WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST ON TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. NCZ073>075-083>086-100500- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.110110T1200Z-110111T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.110110T1200Z-110111T1800Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 313 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED: THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING WADESBORO... ALBEMARLE... ROCKINGHAM... TROY... SOUTHERN PINES... RAEFORD... LAURINBURG AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AS EARLY AS AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION: AROUND THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING ACROSS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH INCH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW MAY BEGIN AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY IN THE WADESBORO AREA AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST DURING THE MORNING. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING...WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. A LIGHT DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING WILL END THE PRECIPITATION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON MONDAY...WITH HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AT THIS TIME ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND ONE TENTH INCH... WHICH MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES: MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO MOSTLY BE IN THE UPPER 20S BEFORE APPROACHING FREEZING MONDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 20S MONDAY NIGHT... AND RISE INTO THE MID 30S TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-100500- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.110110T1200Z-110111T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.110110T1200Z-110111T2100Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 313 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED: ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA IS EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN NEAR SUNRISE... REACHING THE TRIAD AND TRIANGLE REGIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN... INITIALLY MIXED WITH SLEET LATE MONDAY EVENING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64... AND BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO THE NORTH. FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME DOMINATE IN THE HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE TUESDAY. THE EVENT WILL END WITH LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF GOLDSBORO...RALEIGH AND ROXBORO. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AS SUNRISE APPROACHES. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH INCH ICE ARE FORECAST BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS AS DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE NOON MONDAY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 AND SPREAD NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR LATE MONDAY NIGHT...WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON MONDAY...WITH HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REACH THE MID 30S BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES MONDAY...THEN FALL BELOW FREEZING AS SNOW BECOMES WIDESPREAD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S MONDAY NIGHT... THEN RISE TO THE MID AND UPPER 30S TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-100500- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.110110T1200Z-110111T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.110110T2100Z-110111T2100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 313 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED: THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH PIEDMONT INCLUDING ROXBORO... ROANOKE RAPIDS... WILSON...TARBORO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND AREAS NEAR VIRGINIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE MONDAY NIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: ONE INCH OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH INCH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE HOURS PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT... WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING A LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON MONDAY EVENING...WITH HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. ADDITIONALLY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REACH THE UPPER 30S BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES LATE MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE RISING INTO THE MID 30S TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
217 WWUS42 KRAH 100352 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1052 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY... .WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT WITH REDEVELOPMENT OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST ON TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH AND EAST. NCZ073>075-083>086-101200- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.110110T1200Z-110111T1800Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 1052 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS AFFECTED: THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING WADESBORO... ALBEMARLE... ROCKINGHAM... TROY... SOUTHERN PINES... RAEFORD... LAURINBURG AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING ACROSS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH INCH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BETWEEN 700 AND 900 AM MONDAY. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING...WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON MONDAY...WITH HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AT THIS TIME ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL... THIS MAY LEAD TO NUMEROUS LIMBS AND SCATTERED TREES BEING DOWNED. THIS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES: MORNING TEMPERATURES MAY REACH 32 BEFORE FALLING BACK TO AROUND 30 DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE WARNING AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY NEAR 30 MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE RISING INTO THE 30S TUESDAY. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK... AS COLD TEMPERATURES LINGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-101200- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.110110T1200Z-110111T2100Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1052 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS AFFECTED: ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA IS EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT FIRST... THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW SHOULD REACH PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER NOON. THE SNOW SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE TRIANGLE BY MID AFTERNOON... BUT MAY NOT REACH ROCKY MOUNT AND ROANOKE RAPIDS UNTIL NEAR NIGHTFALL. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT... MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION. FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME DOMINATE IN THE HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE TUESDAY. THE EVENT WILL END AS FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATION: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE MOST TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TRIANGLE AREA. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 1/8 AND 1/4 INCH ARE EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF GREENSBORO. THIS INCLUDES THE RALEIGH- DURHAM AND ROCKY MOUNT AREAS. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE NOON MONDAY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 AND SPREAD NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END AS PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON MONDAY CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. THE IMPACT OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS... DOWNED TREES... AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ONLY GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO LINGER. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REACH THE MID 30S BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES MONDAY...THEN FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S AS SNOW BECOMES WIDESPREAD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S MONDAY NIGHT... THEN RISE SLOWLY INTO THE LOWER 30S ON TUESDAY. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-101200- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.110110T2100Z-110111T2100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 1052 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS AFFECTED: THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH PIEDMONT INCLUDING ROXBORO... ROANOKE RAPIDS... WILSON...TARBORO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND AREAS NEAR VIRGINIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE MONDAY NIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1/4 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE HOURS PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT... WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING A LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON MONDAY EVENING...WITH HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. ADDITIONALLY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS... TREES... AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE EXPECTED LINGER COLD AFTER THE EVENT. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REACH THE 30S BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES LATE MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO THE 20S MONDAY NIGHT... THEN SLOWLY CLIMB TO NEAR FREEZING TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BADGETT
834 WWUS42 KRAH 100925 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 425 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS OUR REGION TODAY INTO TUESDAY... .WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING... THEN NORTHEASTWARD UP THE SOUTHEAST AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTS LATER TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-101730- /O.UPG.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.110110T1200Z-110111T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KRAH.WS.W.0001.110110T1200Z-110111T2100Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 425 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS LATER THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE NORTHWARD INTO THE TRIANGLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATION: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE MOST TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TRIANGLE AREA. STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD...AND OVER THE SANDHILLS BETWEEN 900 AM AND NOON...THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE TRIANGLE BETWEEN 100 PM AND 500 PM. SNOW...OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 200 AM....BEFORE ENDING AS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE IMPACT OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS... DOWNED TREES... AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ONLY GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REACH THE MID 30S BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES TODAY...THEN FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S AS SNOW BECOMES WIDESPREAD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR FREEZING TONIGHT...THEN RISE SLOWLY INTO THE LOWER 30S ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772. $$ NCZ073>075-083>086-101730- /O.EXT.KRAH.WS.W.0001.110110T0925Z-110111T1800Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 425 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW WILL DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT THROUGH SUNRISE AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. IN ADDITION...UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BETWEEN 400 AM AND 700 AM TODAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET BETWEEN 100 PM AND 500 PM. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY 800 AM TUESDAY...THOUGH FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY LINGER INTO THE MIDDAY OR AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TODAY...WITH A SLIPPERY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL...MAY LEAD TO NUMEROUS LIMBS AND SCATTERED TREES BEING DOWNED. THIS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS...THEN HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-101730- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.110110T2100Z-110111T2100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 425 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY...BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 500 PM AND 900 PM...AND CONTINUE UNTIL CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 1100 PM TONIGHT AND 400 AM TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER NOON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING...WITH A SLIPPERY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LINGERING COLD CONDITIONS AFTER THE EVENT. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REACH THE 30S BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES LATER TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT... THEN SLOWLY CLIMB TO NEAR FREEZING TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MWS
249 WWUS42 KRAH 101433 AAA WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 933 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS OUR REGION TODAY INTO TUESDAY... .WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING... THEN NORTHEASTWARD UP THE SOUTHEAST AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTS LATER TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. NCZ073>075-083>086-102245- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T1800Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 933 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW WILL DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT THROUGH SUNRISE AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 74 NEAR THE STATE LINE. IN ADDITION...UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON... AND MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET BETWEEN 100 PM AND 500 PM. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY 800 AM TUESDAY...THOUGH FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY LINGER INTO THE MIDDAY OR AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TODAY... WITH A SLIPPERY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL...MAY LEAD TO NUMEROUS LIMBS AND SCATTERED TREES BEING DOWNED. THIS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-102245- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 933 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO FAYETTEVILLE TO CLINTON THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE TRIANGLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATION: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE MOST TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TRIANGLE AREA. STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SLOWLY NORTHWARD... REACHING INTO AREAS FROM THE TRIAD THROUGH THE TRIANGLE TO GOLDSBORO DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW...OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 900 PM AND 200 AM....BEFORE ENDING AS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE IMPACT OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS... DOWNED TREES... AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ONLY GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER. * TEMPERATURES: READINGS WILL RISE LITTLE TODAY... HOLDING IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR FREEZING THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WILL RISE SLOWLY INTO THE LOWER 30S ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772. $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-102245- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.110110T2100Z-110111T2100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 933 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY...BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 500 PM AND 900 PM...AND CONTINUE UNTIL CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 1100 PM TONIGHT AND 400 AM TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER NOON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING...WITH A SLIPPERY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LINGERING COLD CONDITIONS AFTER THE EVENT. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REACH THE 30S BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES LATER TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT... THEN SLOWLY CLIMB TO NEAR FREEZING TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
859 WWUS42 KRAH 102102 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 402 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS OUR REGION TODAY INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST UP THE SOUTHEAST AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH THIS EVENING AS AREAS FURTHER SOUTH BEGIN TO TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. FREEZING RAIN WILL PREDOMINATE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. NCZ073>075-083>086-110515- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T1800Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 402 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM. * ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BEFORE SNOW CHANGES OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 74 NEAR THE STATE LINE. IN ADDITION...SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING...WITH AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCRUAL TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING... THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN IS FORECAST FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... CONTINUING INTO THE HOURS AFTER SUNRISE. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY 800 AM TUESDAY...THOUGH FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS. ICE ACCRUAL LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MAY TOTAL AROUND ONE TENTH INCH... WHICH COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL...MAY LEAD TO NUMEROUS LIMBS AND SCATTERED TREES BEING DOWNED. THIS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LINGERING COLD CONDITIONS AFTER THE EVENT. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-110515- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 402 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS... AND BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET LATER TONIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AS SUNRISE APPROACHES... WITH FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE MOST SNOW WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TRIANGLE AREA. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... CHANGING TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE EVENING IN THE FAYETTEVILLE AREA... AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64 BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN IS FORECAST FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THE HOURS AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET MAY PERSIST INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS IN THE TRIAD. THE EVENT WILL END AS A LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS... DOWNED TREES... AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ONLY GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER. * TEMPERATURES: READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR FREEZING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WILL RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772. $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-110515- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 402 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DOMINATE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY...BEFORE TAPERING TO DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR ONE TENTH INCH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT... WITH FREEZING RAIN PREDOMINATE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING WILL BECOME A LIGHT DRIZZLE AS TEMPERATURES WARM TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING...WITH A SLIPPERY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LINGERING COLD CONDITIONS AFTER THE EVENT. * TEMPERATURES: WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING WITH SUNSET AND THE ONSET OF SNOWFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT... THEN SLOWLY CLIMB TO NEAR FREEZING BY NOON TUESDAY... BEFORE WARMING TO 32 TO 36 DEGREES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
823 WWUS42 KRAH 110342 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1042 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS OUR REGION INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST UP THE SOUTHEAST AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NCZ073>075-083>086-111145- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T1800Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 1042 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SOME LIGHT SLEET OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND A TRACE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE EIGHT TO ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING: SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL TAPER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS. SOME POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LINGERING COLD CONDITIONS AFTER THE EVENT. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-111145- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1042 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SLEET OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A EIGHTH AND A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND OR LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TO ROXBORO AREAS. * TIMING: SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL TAPER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND INTERSTATES WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS. SOME POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LINGERING COLD CONDITIONS AFTER THE EVENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772. $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-111145- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 1042 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING: THE MAIN PRECIPITATION WILL END TUESDAY MORNING... BUT OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES: WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BADGETT
533 WWUS42 KRAH 110849 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 349 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TODAY...THEN ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AND AWAY FROM OUR REGION TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL TAPER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY CLEARING AND COLD CONDITIONS TONIGHT. NCZ073>075-083>086-111615- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T1800Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 349 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * PRECIPITATION TYPES AND TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH...ON TOP OF STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SOME POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO CONTINUED AROUND OR SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES AROUND 30 DEGREES THIS MORNING WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON...THEN FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS WILL OCCUR...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-111615- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 349 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * PRECIPITATION TYPES AND TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE BY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SOME POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO CONTINUED AROUND OR SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING IN THE MID 20S OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT TO AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL SLOWLY RISE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 DEGREES...COLDEST OVER THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES...THIS AFTERNOON...THEN FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS WILL OCCUR...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772. $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-111615- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 349 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * PRECIPITATION TYPES AND TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SOME POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO CONTINUED AROUND OR SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING IN THE MID 20S OVER THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT TO AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL SLOWLY RISE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 DEGREES...COLDEST OVER THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES...THIS AFTERNOON...THEN FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MWS
028 WWUS42 KRAH 111549 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1049 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TODAY THEN ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD NEAR FREEZING OR DROP BACK QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING BY THIS EVENING... AND ANY MELTING ON ROADS WILL RAPIDLY RE-FREEZE TONIGHT... LEADING TO TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NCZ021>025-038>042-076>078-088-089-112300- /O.CAN.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110112T1600Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LEXINGTON... ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...SANFORD... LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1049 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ACCUMULATION: PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. HOWEVER... ONLY VERY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION... JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AT MOST... ARE EXPECTED. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS: ROADS... SIDEWALKS... AND PARKING LOTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW POWER OUTAGES REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON... THEN WILL FALL BACK QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING JUST AFTER SUNSET. LOWS AROUND 20 TO 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. READINGS WILL RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BETWEEN 10 AM AND 11 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772. $$ NCZ073>075-083>086-112300- /O.CAN.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110112T1600Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES... WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 1049 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ACCUMULATION: PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ONLY VERY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION... JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AT MOST... ARE EXPECTED. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END BY LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS... SIDEWALKS... AND PARKING LOTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW POWER OUTAGES REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON... THEN WILL FALL BACK QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING JUST AFTER SUNSET. LOWS AROUND 20 TO 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. READINGS WILL RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BETWEEN 10 AM AND 11 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772. $$ NCZ007>011-026>028-043-112300- /O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110112T1600Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 1049 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATION: PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ONLY VERY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION... JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AT MOST... ARE EXPECTED. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS: ROADS... SIDEWALKS... AND PARKING LOTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW POWER OUTAGES REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON... THEN WILL FALL BACK QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING JUST AFTER SUNSET. LOWS AROUND 20 TO 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. READINGS WILL RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BETWEEN 10 AM AND 11 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HARTFIELD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 9, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1240 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS... VERY COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST AND ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1035 AM... SLIGHTLY COOLED NORTHWEST PIEDMONT FOR TODAY TO HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE. CLEAR THIS MORNING BUT SOME CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON... BUT NOT UNTIL LATE IN THE EAST. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP SEVERAL DEGREES SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT THEN ONLY INCH DOWNWARD THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES MID 20S. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 1035 AM... WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VERY PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS AS OF 1015 THIS MORNING... LIQUID AMOUNTS WILL DRIVE THE IMPACT OF THE FORECAST. GREATEST CHANCE FOR WARNING AMOUNT SNOW IN OUR SOUTHWEST. INCLINED TO HAVE ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO MONDAY EVENING HOURS IN THE SOUTH AND TO EARLY MORNING TUESDAY IN THE NORTH...BUT NO ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS TIME. IF LIQUID AMOUNTS FOR THE EVENT STAY BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH (EXCEPTION SOUTHWEST) THROUGH EARLY MONDAY NIGHT... WARNING FOR SNOW NOT LIKELY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND SOUNDINGS INDICATE A LITTLE ACCUMULATING SLEET MANY AREAS FOR A TIME THEN TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. LIQUID PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME DO NOT INDICATE A WARNING FOR ICE... BUT AT LEAST A TENTH INCH ICE EXPECTED MOST LOCATIONS. STAYING ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES AND WILL FULLY EVALUATE MORNING MODELS OVER THE NEXT FOUR HOURS. NOT TENDING TOWARD ISSUING A THIRD PERIOD ADVISORY ON THIS SHIFT... SO WATCH TO CONTINUE WITH A EYE ON THE SOUTHWEST... WHERE UPGRADE TO WARNING POSSIBLE THIS SHIFT IF ANALYSIS WARRANTS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... AS OF 250 AM SUNDAY... SHEARED REMNANTS OF SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COASTAL LOW WITH APPROACHING NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH FROM THE WEST WILL GIVE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA A FULL BAG OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE OVERALL MODEL TREND CONTINUES...WITH AN OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS OF LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATION(LESS IMPACT WITH COASTAL LOW) ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH A GREATER THREAT OF ICE(SLEET/FREEZING RAIN) MONDAY EVENING/NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. THE EXCEPTION TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY BE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TIER...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING WEST TO EAST FROM ALBEMARLE...SOUTHERN PINES...FAYETTEVILLE...TO CLINTON...AS THE GFS STILL EXTENDS THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SOUTHERN STREAM PRECIPITATION SHIELD INTO THE AREA...GIVING TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT BETWEEN 12Z MONDAY TO 00Z TUESDAY...AS EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO THE NEW BAROCLINIC LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THE BULK OF THIS PRECIPITATION WOULD FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WHICH COULD GIVE THE SOUTHERN TIER TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW. MODELS REFUSE TO BUDGE/LIFT THE PRECIPITATION AXIS NORTH THROUGH THE DAY... QUITE POSSIBLY KEEPING IT MOSTLY DRY ACROSS THE TRIANGLE...TRIAD...AND ROCKY MOUNT UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION AND LIFT FINALLY BEGINS TO EXPAND NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NORTHERN STREAM UPPER WAVE AND SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS. AS THIS HAPPENS...WE SEE STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION OVERSPREAD THE SURFACE COLD AIR DOME NEAR AS WELL AS DRYING IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. THIS WILL CAUSE A SOUTH TO NORTH CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW...WITH A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SLEET...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN...WITH A POTENTIAL TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH. CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA COULD SEE A TENTH TO NEAR A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 95. SO THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HIGH IMPACT EVENT AND THUS THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE. HAVE CONTEMPLATED UPGRADING THE WATCH TO A WARNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER DUE TO EARLY ARRIVAL OF PRECIP...BUT WILL LET DAY SHIFT SEE ONE MORE MODEL RUN TO GAIN FURTHER CONFIDENCE ON EVENTUAL SNOW TOTALS BEFORE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES...HIGHS MONDAY IN THE LOWER 30S SOUTH TO MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH TEMPERATURES LOWERING WITH INITIAL ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAIRLY STEADY OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT: THE DRYING ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TUESDAY...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN DRIZZLE AND/OR FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURRING AFTER 12Z. THERMAL PROFILES...AS WELL AS CRITICAL THICKNESS NOMOGRAMS SUPPORT MOSTLY FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO JUST SOUTH OF RALEIGH TO ROCKY MOUNT ALL DAY ON TUESDAY. FOR POINTS SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...ENOUGH WARMING IS FORECAST FOR A TRANSITION TO MOSTLY DRIZZLE TO OCCUR BY 18Z ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY AS THE SYSTEM PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE COULD STILL BE SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...AFTER 00Z WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 30S ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TO MID TO UPPER 30S FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S OVERNIGHT. WITH WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...BLACK ICE COULD BE A CONCERN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 245 AM SUNDAY... MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD IN WAKE OF THE EXITING WINTER STORM. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD SOUTH OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES... BEFORE IT SETTLES ACROSS THE EAST COAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGHS NOT EVEN GETTING OUT OF THE 30S...WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. MODELS SHOW OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGION BY LATE NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 1240 PM SUNDAY... VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. A FEW NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 17-20KT AT TIMES...BUT WILL LIKELY BE SPORADIC. TONIGHT...HIGH CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO STREAM OVERHEAD FROM THE SW AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST STATES. CEILINGS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER IN THE VICINITY OF KCLT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT BY 10Z. LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD SW TO NE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...FIRST AT KFAY...THEN KGSO/KINT AND KRDU BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE IS LOWER CONFIDENCE IN MVFR CEILINGS AND SNOW AT KRWI BEFORE 18Z. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND LIMITED VSBYS..POSSIBLY AS LOW AS IFR IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS ACROSS SOUTHERN NC...BUT CONFIDENCE IN TIMING IS TOO LOW FOR MENTION IN THE CURRENT TAF. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO IFR/LIFR WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION SPREADING OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A THREAT OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ARE LIKELY TO HOLD MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THURSDAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088- 089. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...BL SHORT TERM...BL/KRR LONG TERM...KRR AVIATION...SMITH/KRR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 4:44 AM EST, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 444 AM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-100945- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 444 AM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. WINTER STORM WATCH MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:02 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 68 hr |
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