Alert archive / South Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2014, 4:50 AM EST for 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 29 hr. 52 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 27, 2014, 4:50 AM EST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2014, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2014, 10:06 AM EST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 28, 6:14 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 Ene Windemere, NC | UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION AT MILITARY CUTOFF ROAD AND TOWN CENTER DRIVE |
| Jan 28, 6:21 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 Ese Myrtle Beach, SC | ONE TENTH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON BOARDWALKS AND HANDRAILS AT OCEAN BLVD NEAR 14TH AVE |
| Jan 28, 6:57 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 2 Sw Windemere, NC | ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED ON UNCW CAMPUS |
| Jan 28, 7:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.38 | 2 S Hampstead, NC | ONE QUARTER TO THREE EIGHTHS OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED NEAR HAMPSTEAD |
| Jan 28, 7:18 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 6 Nnw Whiteville, NC | ESTIMATED ICE GLAZE OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH REPORTED ON CAR AND ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Jan 28, 7:40 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Florence, SC | MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF ONE EIGHTH INCH OF ICE ON SHRUBBERY IN FLORENCE |
| Jan 28, 7:45 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 1 Wnw Florence, SC | ONE EIGHTH INCH OF ICE ESTIMATED ON GROUND ALONG CHEROKEE ROAD |
| Jan 28, 8:39 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Fork, SC | ESTIMATED ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 28, 8:40 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 5 S Bayboro, SC | ONE QUARTER INCH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED NEAR HIGHWAY 22 AND US HIGHWAY 701 |
| Jan 28, 8:58 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Sw Watha, NC | ONE QUARTER INCH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON DECK |
| Jan 28, 9:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 1 Ene Garden City, SC | ONE HALF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON GATES AND VEGETATION AT OCEANSIDE VILLAGE NEAR SURFSIDE BEACH |
| Jan 28, 9:48 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 1 Sw Florence, SC | ONE EIGHTH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER WIRES NEAR SECOND LOOP ROAD |
| Jan 28, 10:04 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 2 N Hampstead, NC | ONE HALF INCH SLEET ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 28, 10:12 PM EST | SLEET 0.2 | Oak Island, NC | ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN |
| Jan 28, 11:10 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Conway, SC | ALL ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY ICE COVERED |
| Jan 28, 11:11 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Marion, SC | |
| Jan 28, 11:13 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Wsw Darlington, SC | MAJORITY OF ROADS ACROSS DARLINGTON COUNTY ICE COVERED |
| Jan 28, 11:17 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Whiteville, NC | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Jan 28, 11:33 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Sw Georgetown, SC | |
| Jan 28, 11:43 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Watha, NC | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Jan 28, 11:50 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | 1 Ese Wrightsboro, NC | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Jan 29, 12:03 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 3 Ene St. Pauls, NC | SNOWFALL ON TOP OF EARLIER ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 29, 2:53 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Dillon, SC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN DILLON |
| Jan 29, 3:46 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 W Florence, SC | |
| Jan 29, 3:51 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Whiteville, NC | |
| Jan 29, 3:51 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Lumberton, NC | SNOW 2-3 INCHES ACROSS CITY |
| Jan 29, 4:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.75 | 1 Ene Masonboro, NC | COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Jan 29, 5:10 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Hartsville, SC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 5:10 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Lake City, SC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 5:10 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Florence, SC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 5:10 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Dillon, SC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 5:10 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Bennettsville, SC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 5:10 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Lumberton, NC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 5:10 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Maxton, NC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 5:25 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Bladenboro, NC | |
| Jan 29, 6:16 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Nichols, SC | MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT |
| Jan 29, 6:50 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 1 Ese Wrightsboro, NC | COMBINATION FREEZING RAIN ICE PELLETS AND SNOW |
| Jan 29, 6:58 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 1.8 | 2 Nnw Hampstead, NC | COMBINATION FREEZING RAIN ICE PELLETS AND SNOW |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM EST | SLEET 0.2 | 1 Sse Conway, SC | SLEET AND SNOW |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM EST | SLEET 1 | 1 Nne Myrtle Grove, NC | MAINLY SLEET |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM EST | SLEET 3 | 4 Wnw Cades, SC | SLEET AND SNOW |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Nnw Longwood, NC | SLEET AND SNOW |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 Sse Mullins, SC | |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ne Hartsville, SC | |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Se Lumberton, NC | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Jan 29, 7:39 AM EST | SLEET 1.8 | 2 Ene Wilmington, NC | LOCATION IS UNCW CAMPUS. |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM EST | SLEET 1.6 | 2 Nnw Surf City, NC | MAINLY SLEET |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Lumber River Sp, NC | SLEET AND SNOW |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | 3 Wsw Elizabethtown, NC | SLEET AND SNOW |
| Jan 29, 8:20 AM EST | SLEET 1 | 2 Wnw Masonboro, NC | MEASURED AT PINE VALLEY SCHOOL |
| Jan 29, 8:46 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 4 Nnw Florence, SC | |
| Jan 29, 9:12 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Watha, NC | 1 INCH SLEET AND 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WWUS42 KILM 270950 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 450 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-272100- /O.UPG.KILM.WS.A.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON... CAROLINA BEACH...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA... SHALLOTTE...OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND... SOUTHPORT...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE... MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH... GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 450 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET INLAND AND SLEET AND SNOW HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY CLOSER TO THE COAST. SNOW AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES....BUT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE SIGNIFICANT CLOSER TO THE COAST. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTRY MIX MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST WHEN GREATEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS AS WINDS GUST TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. DRESS WARMLY AND MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS IN GOOD RUNNING ORDER AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY WINTERIZED. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU TAKE A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ RGZ
11 follow-up statements
975 WWUS42 KILM 271752 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1252 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-280400- /O.EXT.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON... CAROLINA BEACH...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA... SHALLOTTE...OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND... SOUTHPORT...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE... MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH... GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 1252 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BE WELL INLAND...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING AT THE COAST. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE INLAND. ICE AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS DAYBREAK TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ALONG THE COAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY...FALLING TO THE LOW 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...AND AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. BEGIN YOUR PREPARATIONS WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ JDW
161 WWUS42 KILM 272039 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 339 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-280400- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON... CAROLINA BEACH...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA... SHALLOTTE...OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND... SOUTHPORT...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE... MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH... GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 339 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BE WELL INLAND...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING AT THE COAST. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FURTHER EAST WHERE MORE MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. THE HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COAST...WHERE AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS FORECAST. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ALONG THE COAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S...FALLING TO THE LOW 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...AND AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ JDW
790 WWUS42 KILM 280333 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1033 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-281145- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...BENNETTSVILLE... DARLINGTON...DILLON 1033 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ALONG THE COAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S...FALLING TO THE LOW 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...AND AS WINDS GUST UP TO 25 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ NCZ096-099-105>110-SCZ032-033-039-053>056-281145- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1000Z-140129T2300Z/ BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-FLORENCE- MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW... SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH... NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN... MURRELLS INLET 1033 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ENDING AS SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS...AROUND HALF AN INCH...SHOULD OCCUR ALONG THE COAST SOUTH OF WILMINGTON INCLUDING THE MYRTLE BEACH AREA. LARGE ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET...PERHAPS MORE THAN HALF AN INCH...MAY OCCUR AS WELL. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ON TOP OF THE ICE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW COULD REACH 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AWAY FROM THE COAST...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ALONG THE COAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S...FALLING TO THE LOW 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...AND AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. ICE STORMS ARE VERY RARE FOR COASTAL NORTH OR SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THIS APPEARS TO BE AN HISTORIC EVENT UNFOLDING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN... SNOW...AND SLEET WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ TRA
297 WWUS42 KILM 280945 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 445 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-282100- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...BENNETTSVILLE... DARLINGTON...DILLON 445 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...AND AS WINDS GUST UP TO 25 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ NCZ096-099-105>110-SCZ032-033-039-053>056-282100- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1000Z-140129T2300Z/ BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-FLORENCE- MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW... SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH... NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN... MURRELLS INLET 445 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ENDING AS SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATER IN THE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME ICE COVERED. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...AND AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. ICE STORMS ARE VERY RARE FOR COASTAL NORTH OR SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THIS APPEARS TO BE AN HISTORIC EVENT UNFOLDING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN... SNOW...AND SLEET WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ 40
943 WWUS42 KILM 281323 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 823 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-282100- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...BENNETTSVILLE... DARLINGTON...DILLON 823 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGH THE 20S. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE AS WINDS GUST UP TO 20 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ NCZ096-099-105>110-SCZ032-033-039-053>056-282100- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-FLORENCE- MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW... SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH... NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN... MURRELLS INLET 823 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE-QUARTER TO AROUND A HALF-INCH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED A HALF INCH AS YOU APPROACH THE COAST. SNOW AND SLEET WILL ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 5 AND 6 INCHES WELL INLAND FROM THE COAST. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE COAST. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING THROUGH THE 20S. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...ICE STORMS ARE VERY RARE FOR THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ 27
353 WWUS42 KILM 281622 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1122 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 NCZ099-105>110-SCZ053>056-282200- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY... TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY... ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 1122 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE-QUARTER TO AROUND ONE- HALF INCH. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE UP TO 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF INLAND PENDER COUNTY COUNTY AND COLUMBUS COUNTY. CLOSER TO THE COAST...SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO AND THROUGH THE 20S. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...ICE STORMS ARE VERY RARE FOR THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ SCZ032-033-039-282200- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE 1122 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN FLORENCE AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO AND THROUGH THE 20S. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME SEVERELY REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ NCZ087-096-SCZ017-023-024-282200- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON 1122 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO AND THROUGH THE 20S. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ 27
071 WWUS42 KILM 282103 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 403 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 NCZ099-105>110-SCZ053>056-290400- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY... TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY... ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 403 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE-QUARTER TO AROUND ONE- HALF INCH. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICE MAY OCCUR VERY NEAR THE COAST. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF INLAND PENDER COUNTY COUNTY AND COLUMBUS COUNTY. CLOSER TO THE COAST...SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE STEADY TO POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND 20 DEGREES. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...ICE STORMS ARE VERY RARE FOR THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME ICE AND SNOW AND SLEET COVERED. WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ SCZ032-033-039-290400- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE 403 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE MOST COMMON. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE STEADY TO POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND 20 DEGREES. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ NCZ087-096-SCZ017-023-024-290400- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON 403 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE MOST COMMON...UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE STEADY TO POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO AROUND 20 DEGREES. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ 27
334 WWUS42 KILM 290118 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 818 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 NCZ099-105>110-SCZ053>056-291000- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY... TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY... ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 818 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...BECOMING MIXED WITH SNOW LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ON TOP OF A GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN EARLIER. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY `PREVAIL INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING IN THE LOW TO MID 20S. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ICE STORMS ARE VERY RARE FOR THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME ICE AND SLEET COVERED. THERE MAY BE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ SCZ032-033-039-291000- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE 818 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE STEADY TO POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING IN THE LOW TO MID 20S. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ NCZ087-096-SCZ017-023-024-291000- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON 818 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...CHANGING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH FOLLOWED BY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE STEADY TO POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING IN THE LOW TO MID 20S. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$
672 WWUS42 KILM 290145 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 845 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 NCZ099-105>110-SCZ053>056-291000- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY... TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY... ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 845 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...BECOMING MIXED WITH SNOW LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF INLAND PENDER COUNTY COUNTY AND COLUMBUS COUNTY. CLOSER TO THE COAST...SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY `PREVAIL INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ICE STORMS ARE VERY RARE FOR THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME ICE AND SLEET COVERED. THERE MAY BE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ SCZ032-033-039-291000- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE 845 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE STEADY TO POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ NCZ087-096-SCZ017-023-024-291000- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON 845 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...CHANGING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE STEADY TO POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ 8
802 WWUS42 KILM 290923 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 423 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 NCZ099-105>110-SCZ053>056-291800- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY... TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY... ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 423 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES...WILL BECOME ALL SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...LOWEST ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...THE LIGHT TO MODERATE WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING...WILL DISSIPATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 20S THIS MORNING...WILL ONLY WARM TO NEAR 30 THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS REMAIN ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW COVERED. THERE MAY BE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 20 MPH. VERY LITTLE MELTING EXPECTED TODAY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. && $$ SCZ032-033-039-291800- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE 423 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET MIX WILL BECOME ALL SNOW THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. * TIMING...THE LIGHT TO MODERATE WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING...WILL DISSIPATE BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 20S THIS MORNING...WILL ONLY WARM TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS REMAIN ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW COVERED. THERE MAY BE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 20 MPH. VERY LITTLE MELTING EXPECTED TODAY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. && $$ NCZ087-096-SCZ017-023-024-291800- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON 423 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING. THE SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. * TIMING...THE LIGHT TO MODERATE WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING...WILL DISSIPATE BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 THIS MORNING...WILL ONLY WARM TO THE MID 20S BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED AS ROADS REMAIN ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW COVERED. THERE MAY BE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AS WINDS GUST UP TO 20 MPH. VERY LITTLE MELTING EXPECTED TODAY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. && $$ 11
802 WWUS42 KILM 291506 WSWILM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1006 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CANCELLED... NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-291615- /O.CAN.KILM.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON... CAROLINA BEACH...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA... SHALLOTTE...OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND... SOUTHPORT...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE... MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH... GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 1006 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION HAS SHIFTED OFFSHORE. LIGHT SNOW OR LIGHT SLEET IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST THROUGH MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE NOT EXPECTED. ROADS REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED IF NOT NECESSARY. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MELTING IS EXPECTED AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. $$ 8
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 27, 4:35 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 4:35 AM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
435 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR SLEET OR ICE IS
INCREASING LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM
THE SOUTH WILL BRING ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY. AN ARCTIC
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TODAY...STALLING OFFSHORE AS LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THIS FRONT BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES FOR
WINTRY PRECIPITATION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY...INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW IN ADVANCE OF THE
NEXT BIG SYSTEM WILL BRING US ONE DAY OF UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES...WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE MID 60S MOST PLACES.THE
NEXT STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
EASTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY INCREASINGLY STRONG COLD ADVECTION. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL
THUS DROP BACK BELOW CLIMO WITH LOWS OF AROUND 30 MOST
PLACES...GIVE OR TAKE. FRONT WILL COME THROUGH INITIALLY
DRY...HOWEVER A MOIST NORTHEASTERLY FLOW POST-FROPA WILL SATURATE
THE COLUMN UP TO AROUND 650 MB AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR
THE COAST. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A MIX OF PRECIP
POSSIBLE...WITH RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET ALL IN THE MIX BY DAYBREAK
ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER...DUE TO MODEL DISPARITY HAVE KEPT POPS
LIMITED TO SLIGHT CHANCE WITH NO QPF OR SNOW ACCUMULATION
MENTIONED. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE NEAREST THE COAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY... WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR WITH AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION AHEAD...THE QUESTION IS
WHAT WILL IT BE AND TIME OF ONSET?
A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUES MORNING ALONG
LINGERING COLD FRONT RUNNING UP FROM FLORIDA INTO THE ATLANTIC
WATERS. THIS LOW WILL DEEPEN AS IT RIDES UP THROUGH THE OFF SHORE
WATERS FROM SW TO NE THROUGH TUES INTO WED. THERE WILL BE PLENTY
OF COLD AIR LOCKED IN NEAR THE SURFACE IN STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW BUT
STRONG SW FLOW ALOFT WILL PRODUCE POSSIBLY A WARM LAYER TOO DEEP
TO GET SNOW NEAR THE COAST...AT LEAST INITIALLY. THE SOUNDINGS AND
MOISTURE PROFILES SHOW A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SATURATION THROUGH A
DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE. BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL BE TUES
EVENING THROUGH WED MORNING BUT IT COULD LINGER RIGHT ALONG THE
COAST UNTIL WED NIGHT. NAM SHOWS ONSET OF PCP AS EARLY AS TUES
MORNING WHILE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A LATER START TIME...BY TUES AFTN.
NO QUESTION THAT THERE WILL BE SATURATION THROUGH THE DENDRITIC
GROWTH ZONE BUT THE WARM NOSE LOOKS LIKE IT MAY RUN FROM AROUND
3500 FT UP TO 8K FT ALONG THE COAST WITH LIMITED...IF ANY...WARM
NOSE INLAND ESPECIALLY TUES NIGHT. THE 0C LINE AT H85 WILL BISECT
OUR LOCAL FORECAST AREA RUNNING FROM SW TO NE TUES MORNING. THE
MODELS DIFFER AS TO WHERE EXACTLY THIS LINE WILL BE WITH GFS
MOVING IT FARTHER WEST THROUGH THE DAY WHILE THE NAM PUSHES IT
TOWARD THE EAST. AREAS WEST OF THIS LINE WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH
TO PRODUCE SNOW/SLEET AND PLACES EAST WILL MIX BETWEEN SLEET AND
POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. LOOKS LIKE THE TEMPS WILL BE COLD
ENOUGH IN A DEEP ENOUGH LAYER CLOSER TO THE SFC TO LEAN TOWARD
SLEET MORE SO THAN FREEZING RAIN.
AS LOW DEPARTS ON WED AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FARTHER
SOUTH...TEMPS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH THROUGH THE COLUMN TO PRODUCE
SNOW BUT THE MOISTURE WILL BE WANING. THIS SHOULD BE THE BEST TIME
FOR SNOW ALONG THE COAST AND MAY SEE SEVERAL HOURS ON WED BEFORE
COLUMN DRIES OUT. PCP SHOULD END THROUGH THE MORNING INLAND BUT
MAY LAST FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY ALONG THE COAST.
TEMPS ON TUES SHOULD FOLLOW A NON-DIURNAL CURVE UNDER MAX CAA
WITH TEMPS FALLING AND LEVELING OFF THROUGH THE DAY. OVERALL TEMPS
SHOULD DROP TO FREEZING OR BELOW EXCEPT FOR RIGHT ALONG THE COAST
AND MAINLY ALONG THE GRAND STRAND. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE
TEENS TO LOWER 20S THROUGH THE DAY ON TUES IN BRISK NORTHERLY
WINDS. MAY EVEN SEE SOME BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENT. TEMPS
WILL DROP INTO THE 20S TUES NIGHT AND MAY NOT MAKE IT MUCH PAST 30
ON WED IN CONTINUED CAA ON BACK END OF LOW. DEPENDING ON THE
SNOWFALL COVERAGE...TEMPS ON THURS MAY END UP COLDER BUT KEEPING
TEMPS IN THE TEENS FOR LOWS THURS NIGHT.
AS FOR ACCUMULATIONS...WILL NEED TO BE FINE TUNED BUT AT THIS
POINT THERE WILL BE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW WITH GREATEST
AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER INLAND SECTIONS AROUND I-95 CORRIDOR TUES
NIGHT WHILE COASTAL AREAS MAY SEE MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WITH SNOW HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST
WITH COOL TEMPS TO START ON THURS. BROAD MID TO UPPER TROUGH
FLATTENS OUT A BIT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH MORE OF A ZONAL
FLOW SETTING UP. SFC HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST THURS NIGHT INTO FRI
WILL SHIFT OFF SHORE BY SATURDAY GIVING WAY TO A WARMER SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW. TEMPS WILL REBOUND TO ABOVE NORMAL WITH TEMPS
REACHING INTO THE 60S OVER THE WEEKEND. CHC OF PCP WILL INCREASE
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEKEND AS WEAK LOW MOVES ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 06Z...VFR WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT WITH MID-LEVEL CIGS AND LIGHT
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 KTS. FOG WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE AS WINDS AND
CLOUD COVER WILL INHIBIT RADIATIONAL COOLING. SCT/BKN MID-LEVEL
CLOUDS WILL PERSIST DURING THE DAY WITH W-SW WINDS AROUND 10 KTS. A
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS DURING THE DAY...REACHING
KLBT AROUND 00Z TUES AND KCRE/KMYR AROUND 03Z TUES. WEST WINDS WILL
VEER TO THE NORTH FOLLOWING FROPA AND INCREASE TO 10-15 KTS. IN
ADDITION...CIGS WILL LOWER AS A SHARP LOW LEVEL INVERSION DEVELOPS
BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT VFR CIGS AROUND 5KFT NEAR THE END OF THE
TAF PERIOD WITH MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE BEFORE 06Z TUES.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...POST-FRONTAL MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING.
EXPECT A PROLONGED WINTRY MIX...INCLUDING SLEET/SNOW...TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND IFR CIGS.
MVFR/IFR CIGS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY...BECOMING VFR ON FRIDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY...EXPECT BENIGN CONDITIONS DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS AS A LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES IN ADVANCE
OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED
TONIGHT AS A VERY STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
WATERS. RESULTING COLD SURGE WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY
WINDS TO THE WATERS BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 30 KTS BY
DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN PLACE
COMMENCING AT MIDNIGHT.
SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM MONDAY...A STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
TUES INTO WED. THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUE AND TUE NIGHT AS
LOW PRESSURE RIDES UP THROUGH THE OFF SHORE WATERS WITH TIGHTENED
GRADIENT FLOW BRINGING WIND TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE POSSIBLE. SEAS WILL REACH 6 TO 10 FT THROUGH TUES NIGHT
BEFORE STARTING TO SUBSIDE THROUGH WED AS LOW LIFTS OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST. HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. WINDS
WILL DROP THROUGH WED NIGHT BACK DOWN TO 15 KTS.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM MONDAY...SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THURS AS
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS CLOSER OVERHEAD AND THEN FURTHER OFF SHORE.
EXPECT SEAS DOWN TO 2 TO 4 FT AS WINDS DIMINISH TO UNDER 10 KTS
THROUGH THURS AND 3 FT OR LESS BY FRI IN WEAK OFF SHORE FLOW.
&&
.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056.
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR NCZ087-096-099-105>110.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR AMZ250-252-254-256.
.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
&&
NEAR TERM...REK
SHORT TERM...RGZ
LONG TERM...SHK
AVIATION...REK/BJR
MARINE...JDW/RGZ/SHKHazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 4:07 AM EST, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 407 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-280915- ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 407 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-280915- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 407 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.