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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

January 27, 201412 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2014, 3:56 AM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. 24 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, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 29, 2014, 10:10 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 28, 10:30 AM ESTSLEET 0Hatteras, NC
Jan 28, 1:14 PM ESTSLEET 0Swanquarter, NC
Jan 28, 7:10 PM ESTSNOW 0.2Kinston, NCSNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION.
Jan 28, 7:15 PM ESTSLEET 0.2Greenville, NCONE QUARTER INCH SLEET ACCUMULATION.
Jan 28, 7:40 PM ESTSLEET 0.3Grimesland, NCSPOTTER REPORTED SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.3 INCHES IN GRIMESLAND
Jan 28, 10:30 PM ESTSLEET 1Wallace, NCPUBLIC REPORTS AT LEAST ONE INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IN WALLACE.
Jan 28, 11:00 PM ESTSLEET 1Chinquapin, NCPUBLIC REPORTED ONE INCH OF SLEET IN CHINQUAPIN.
Jan 29, 2:00 AM ESTSNOW 3Williamston, NCCOMBINED SNOW AND SLEET. STARTED SNOWING YESTERDAY EVENING.
Jan 29, 2:03 AM ESTSNOW 1Greenville, NCCOMBINED SNOW AND SLEET. CHANGED TO ALL SNOW AT MIDNIGHT.
Jan 29, 2:08 AM ESTSNOW 3Columbia, NCCOMBINED SNOW AND SLEET. SNOWING HEAVILY NOW.
Jan 29, 2:11 AM ESTSNOW 3Plymouth, NCCOMBINED SNOW AND SLEET. CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOWING HEAVILY
Jan 29, 2:15 AM ESTSNOW 3Washington, NCCOMBINED SNOW AND SLEET. CHANGED TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOWING HEAVY ATTM
Jan 29, 2:19 AM ESTSNOW 3Manteo, NCAVERAGE OF 3 INCHES COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET. ALL SNOW AS OF MIDNIGHT. ESTIMATES VARY IN THE COUNTY
Jan 29, 2:22 AM ESTSNOW 4Kinston, NCCOMBINED SNOW AND SLEET. SNOWING HEAVILY THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
Jan 29, 3:30 AM ESTSNOW 3Greenville, NCCOMBINED SNOW AND SLEET AT WNCT IN SOUTH GREENVILLE.
Jan 29, 4:09 AM ESTSNOW 6Manteo, NCSIGNIFICANT SNOW DRIFTS IN KITTY HAWK AND KILL DEVIL HILLS MAKING TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES.
Jan 29, 4:30 AM ESTSNOW 6Snow Hill, NCAMOUNTS RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES COUNTY WIDE.
Jan 29, 4:31 AM ESTSNOW 7Kinston, NCAMOUNTS RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS LENOIR COUNTY
Jan 29, 6:46 AM ESTSNOW 53 N Columbia, NC
Jan 29, 6:47 AM ESTSNOW 3Sladesville, NC
Jan 29, 7:50 AM ESTSNOW 3.5Bowdens, NC
Jan 29, 8:14 AM ESTSNOW 3.54 Ene Greenville, NCSNOW DEPTH.
Jan 29, 8:26 AM ESTSNOW 43 S Greenville, NCSNOW DEPTH. SPOTTER REPORTED 4 SNOW AT FIRETOWER RD AND POTTERTOWN RD
Jan 29, 8:38 AM ESTSNOW 47 Se Kinston, NCSNOW DEPTH. OBSERVER CALLED TO REPORT 4 INCHES SNOW DEPTH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

044 
WWUS42 KMHX 270856
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
356 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NC TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT.
MOISTURE FRONT THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WITH A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG IT TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE POSITION SOUTHEAST
OF THE NC COAST TO SPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN NC BEGINNING
AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY
THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME HEAVY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW
NEAR THE COAST...AND THIS WOULD IN EFFECT LOWER SNOW AMOUNTS
SOMEWHAT HERE.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-272100-
/O.NEW.KMHX.WS.W.0001.140128T1500Z-140129T2100Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE...
POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...
ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...
VANDEMERE...STONEWALL...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...
NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
356 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME MINOR ICE ACCRETION OR SLEET MAY OCCUR
  ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS.

* TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
  TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...REMAINING STEADY IN THE 20S.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 8 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. NEVER
USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS, GENERATORS, AND CAMP STOVES
CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED
IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
564 
WWUS42 KMHX 272038
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
338 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NC TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WITH A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG IT TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE POSITION SOUTHEAST
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TO SPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA BEGINNING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME HEAVY LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

SOME SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX IN WITH THE SNOW
INITIALLY ON TUESDAY NEAR THE COAST...AND THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW
AMOUNTS THERE UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. 


NCZ092-093-095-098-281100-
/O.EXT.KMHX.WS.W.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T2100Z/
JONES-CRAVEN-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE
338 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6
  INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST 
  SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY 
  TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL BE NEAR 25 TO 30 TUESDAY MORNING...THEN BE
  IN THE 20S THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS WILL BE AROUND 30
  WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 9 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. NEVER
USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS... GENERATORS... AND CAMP
STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES THAT WILL BUILD UP
WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090-091-094-103-104-281100-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.140128T1500Z-140129T2100Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...ORIENTAL...
ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...
STONEWALL...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
SOUTHERN SHORES
338 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO
4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST 
  SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY 
  TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...REMAINING IN THE 20S.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 8 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. NEVER
USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS... GENERATORS... AND CAMP
STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES THAT WILL BUILD UP
WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$
328 
WWUS42 KMHX 280923
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
423 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...HEAVY SNOWFALL ALONG WITH POTENTIAL SEVERE ICING EXPECTED
ACROSS EASTERN NC TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT
WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING
ALONG IT TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE
POSITION SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TO SPREAD HEAVY
SNOW ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BEGINNING BY MID MORNING TODAY.
THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME
HEAVY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

SOME SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST
TODAY...WHICH WILL LIMIT SNOW AMOUNTS THERE UNTIL TONIGHT...WHEN
ALL PRECIPITATION BECOMES SNOW.


NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090-091-094-103-104-282100-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.140128T1500Z-140129T2100Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...ORIENTAL...
ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...
STONEWALL...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
SOUTHERN SHORES
423 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER
  MARTIN...PITT...GREENE...WASHINGTON...TYRRELL AND MAINLAND DARE
  COUNTIES ALONG WITH NORTHERN OUTER BANKS. A TRACE OF ICE IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER BEAUFORT AND
  MAINLAND HYDE...WITH A TRACE OF ICE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION
  OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER LENOIR AND CRAVEN COUNTIES WITH UP TO ONE
  TENTH INCH OF ICE ACCRETION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED FOR PAMLICO COUNTY AND THE OUTER BANKS SOUTH OF
  OREGON INLET...ALONG WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
  ACCRETION.

* TIMING...MID MORNING TUESDAY THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE
  HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY 
  TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 5 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. NEVER
USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS... GENERATORS... AND CAMP
STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES THAT WILL BUILD UP
WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$

NCZ092-093-095-098-282100-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.140128T1200Z-140129T2100Z/
JONES-CRAVEN-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE
423 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER CRAVEN
  COUNTY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER JONES...ONSLOW
  AND CARTERET COUNTIES WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF ICE
  ACCRETION...ESPECIALLY ALONG COASTAL ONSLOW AND CARTERET
  COUNTIES.

* TIMING...MID MORNING TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST
  SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY 
  TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 4 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. NEVER
USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS... GENERATORS... AND CAMP
STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES THAT WILL BUILD UP
WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$
487 
WWUS42 KMHX 282007
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
307 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...HEAVY SNOWFALL ALONG WITH POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED
ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT THROUGH FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY...

.COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
TONIGHT. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE COAST TONIGHT
AND THIS WILL INCREASE PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED OVER THE DEEP INLAND AND
NORTHERN AREAS WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE
COAST MUCH OF THE NIGHT. LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY COLDER
AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD EAST AND GRADUALLY CHANGE ALL THE PRECIPITATION
TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY AROUND NOON. 

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090-091-094-103-104-290915-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...ORIENTAL...
ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...
STONEWALL...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
SOUTHERN SHORES
307 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES INLAND AND
  NORTH WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS. A TRACE TO ONE TENTH
  INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
  OCCUR LATER TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
  TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP THROUGH THE 20S. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH COAST.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 7 TO 12 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$

NCZ092-093-095-098-290915-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
JONES-CRAVEN-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE
307 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
  INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
  OCCUR THIS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
  TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH COAST.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 9 TO 12 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$
408 
WWUS42 KMHX 290325
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1025 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...HEAVY SNOWFALL ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ICING EXPECTED ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT THROUGH FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY...

.COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
TONIGHT. WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE COAST WILL INCREASE
PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT. SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED OVER
THE DEEP INLAND AND NORTHERN AREAS WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING
RAIN ALONG THE COAST MUCH OF THE NIGHT. LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD EAST AND GRADUALLY CHANGE
ALL THE PRECIPITATION TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY AROUND NOON.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090-091-094-103-104-291530-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...ORIENTAL...
ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...
STONEWALL...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
SOUTHERN SHORES
1025 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES
  INLAND AND NORTH WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS. A
  TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
  NEAR THE COAST.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
  OCCUR OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY 
  TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP THROUGH THE 20S.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH COAST.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 7 TO 12 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$

NCZ092-093-095-098-291530-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
JONES-CRAVEN-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE
1025 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
  OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY 
  TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH COAST.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 9 TO 12 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$
913 
WWUS42 KMHX 290911
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
410 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...SNOWFALL ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ICING EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING...

.AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING TODAY. SNOW IS
EXPECTED OVER MOST AREAS...ALTHOUGH THE SOUTHERN COAST WILL HAVE
SLEET THAT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN
IS EXPECTED FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS...BEFORE
CHANGING TO SNOW LATER IN THE MORNING. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD
EXIT THE AREA BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090-091-094-103-104-292100-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...ORIENTAL...
ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...
STONEWALL...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
SOUTHERN SHORES
410 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER
  MARTIN...PITT... GREENE...TYRRELL...WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE
  OUTER BANKS NORTH OF OREGON INLET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
  INCHES OVER LENOIR...DUPLIN...CRAVEN... BEAUFORT AND MAINLAND
  HYDE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PAMLICO COUNTY.
  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER ONSLOW AND
  CARTERET COUNTIES AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
  ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS...WITH A
  TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION.
 

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 6 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$

NCZ092-093-095-098-292100-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
JONES-CRAVEN-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE
410 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 6 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$
893 
WWUS42 KMHX 291202
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
702 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...SNOWFALL ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ICING EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING...

.AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING TODAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE OVER ALL AREAS...EXCEPT FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR CAPE
HATTERAS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AT CAPE HATTERAS IN
THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD EXIT THE AREA BY
MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090-091-094-103-104-292100-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...ORIENTAL...
ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...
STONEWALL...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
SOUTHERN SHORES
702 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE OVER THE CENTRAL OUTER BANKS.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 6 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$

NCZ092-093-095-098-292100-
/O.CON.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
JONES-CRAVEN-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE
702 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 6 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS...
GENERATORS... AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME.

&&

$$
847 
WWUS42 KMHX 291510
WSWMHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1010 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH NOON
THURSDAY FOR ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...

.THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING. TRAVEL WILL
REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH MANY ROADS REMAINING ICE AND SNOW COVERED
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING. 

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-300315-
/O.CAN.KMHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.WW.Y.0002.140129T1510Z-140130T1700Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE...
POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...
ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...
VANDEMERE...STONEWALL...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...
NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
1010 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE COAST THROUGH MID
  AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TODAY DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
  TO LOWER TEENS INLAND TONIGHT. 

* WIND CHILL...SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLUSH AND ICE COVERED ROADS
WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST DRIVE...BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS...SLOW DOWN...AND USE EXTREME CAUTION.

&&

$$

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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 27, 12:49 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 12:49 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1249 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND
MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL
STALL OFFSHORE TUESDAY WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG IT AND
MOVING NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COLD HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AND MOVE SOUTHEAST FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
AS OF 1245 AM MONDAY...QUIET SHORT TERM FORECAST BEFORE THINGS GET
GOING LATER ON TUESDAY. FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...LIGHT S/SW FLOW
CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH WIDESPREAD MID AND HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS. MADE NO REAL CHANGES TO CURRENT NEAR TERM FORECAST AS
OVERNIGHT MINS DROP TO THE LOW AND MID 30S INLAND AND UPPER 30S TO
LOW 40S COAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM SUNDAY...SERIES OF CLIPPER SHRT WVS MOVING ACROSS N OF
AREA WILL PUSH YET ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE
MONDAY. ABUNDANT HIGH AND MID CLOUDS EXPECTED ACROSS AREA BUT DRY
SUB-CLOUD LAYER AND WESTERLY MID LVL FLOW WILL LIMIT PCPN
THREAT...AND WILL CONTINUE NO POP FCST. MOS GDNC IN GOOD AGREEMENT
FOR MAX TEMPS FROM LOWER 60S INLAND TO MID 50S OBX.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 330 PM SUN...ARCTIC AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT
IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING OFFSHORE. TEMPS WILL GET NO
HIGHER THAN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S TUESDAY WITH A BREEZY NORTH
WIND. PRECIP WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE FORMS ON THE FRONT OFF THE COAST. MODELS STILL NOT IN CLOSE
AGREEMENT AND A BLEND OF THE LATEST GFS & ECMWF LOOKS BEST. TEMPS
WILL BE COLD ENOUGH SO THAT PRECIP TYPE WILL IS NOT IN QUESTION...IT
WILL BE ALL SNOW. HAVE BUMPED UP POPS QUITE A BIT SINCE YESTERDAY.
WILL BRING IN CHANCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH 50-60 PERCENT BY LATE
AFTERNOON. TUESDAY NIGHT HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY FAR NORTHWEST
COUNTIES TO CATEGORICAL FOR THE REMAINDER. WILL NOT PUT UP A WINTER
STORM WATCH AT THIS POINT AS IT WOULD BE LATE IN THE 4TH PERIOD.
WILL LET MID SHIFT MAKE THE CALL. PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF AND END FROM
THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY TO
THE NORTHEAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. DRY AND A
WARMING TREND IS IN STORE FOR THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. THE SURFACE
RIDGE WILL COVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY THEN SLIPS OFF THE COAST
THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. A BACKDOOR FRONT WILL MAKE AN APPROACH THIS WEEKEND.
HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY NOT MAKE IT PAST THE NC/VA BORDER AS FLOW
ALOFT WILL BE WEST SOUTHWEST WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE OFF THE COAST.
TEMPS WILL RECOVER NICELY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S
THURSDAY WARMING TO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1245 AM MONDAY...NO BIG CHANGES THIS TAF CYCLE AS HIGH
CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN TONIGHT WITH A MID CLOUD
CIG EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SW
WINDS MAY GUST TO 18-20 KT FOR A TIME TOMORROW. WINDS VEER TO NW/N
BEHIND STRONG ARCTIC FRONT BY 00Z OR SO TUESDAY.

LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRI/...
AS OF 330 PM SUN...VFR EXPECTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD.
ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A
COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE COAST. NORTH WINDS 10-15 KNOTS FORECAST AT
ALL 4 TERMINALS. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THOUGH WITH CEILINGS AROUND
4 KFT. POOR FLYING CONDITIONS THEN FORECAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO FORM OFF THE
SOUTHEAST COAST TUESDAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW FORECAST TO FORM ON TUESDAY...CONTINUE TUESDAY
NIGHT AND SLOWLY END FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LIFR/IFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES EXPECTED AT ALL 4 TERMINALS. PRECIP
WILL END FROM THE WEST AS HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES. THE SURFACE
RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE CAROLINAS THURSDAY AND MOVE OFF THE COAST
THURSDAY NIGHT. VFR AND LIGHT WEST WINDS FORECAST BOTH THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 1250 AM MONDAY...NO BIG CHANGES TO THE MARINE FORECAST AT
THIS TIME. SW WINDS 10-20 KT IN THE BROAD FLOW WELL OUT AHEAD OF
APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. 6 FT SEAS NOW BEING REPORTED AT
DIAMOND SHOALS WITH GUSTS INTO THE MID 20S...BUT THINK WINDS WILL BACK
OFF A BIT EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS A TEMPORARILY WEAKER PGRAD MOVES
OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS. SW FLOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN
TO 15-20 KT DURING THE DAY MONDAY.

LONG TERM /MON NIGHT THROUGH FRI/
AS OF 330 PM SUN...STRONG NORTH WIND BEHIND THE FLOW WILL RESULT
IN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL WATERS AND BOTH SOUNDS
BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY FOR THE
SOUNDS...AND INTO WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN QUICKLY FROM THE WEST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE CENTERED ON TOP OF THE CAROLINAS
THURSDAY. THE HIGH THEN MOVES OFF THE COAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND
WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC INTO THE WEEKEND. LIGHT WEST
WINDS AND LOW SEAS FORECAST FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
     TUESDAY FOR AMZ130-135.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST
     THURSDAY FOR AMZ150-152-154.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST
     THURSDAY FOR AMZ156-158.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JBM
NEAR TERM...CTC/BTC
SHORT TERM...JBM
LONG TERM...HSA
AVIATION...CTC/BTC/HSA
MARINE...CTC/BTC/HSA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 4:44 AM EST, 23 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
444 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-270945-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
444 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN NC LATE TUE INTO WED AS A POTENTIAL LOW PRES
AREAS LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE CAROLINA COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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Sources

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