Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2014, 3:17 PM EST for 23 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2014, 3:17 PM EST (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2014, 6:33 AM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 23 counties
Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 6:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Hope Mills, NC | FREEZING RAIN WITH A GLAZE |
| Jan 28, 6:20 PM EST | SLEET 0.1 | Pikeville, NC | |
| Jan 28, 6:30 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Benson, NC | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Jan 28, 6:35 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | |
| Jan 28, 6:55 PM EST | SLEET 0.2 | Seymour Johnson Afb, NC | MOSTLY SLEET |
| Jan 28, 6:55 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 1 E Apex, NC | |
| Jan 28, 6:58 PM EST | SLEET 0.2 | 2 Wnw Elroy, NC | STAFF AT SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB MEASURED 0.2 SLEET |
| Jan 28, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | |
| Jan 28, 7:09 PM EST | SNOW 0.9 | Buies Creek, NC | |
| Jan 28, 7:10 PM EST | SLEET 0.1 | Laurel Hill, NC | SLEET FREEZING RAIN MIX |
| Jan 28, 7:40 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | |
| Jan 28, 7:40 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Wilson, NC | |
| Jan 28, 7:45 PM EST | SNOW 0.7 | Micro, NC | |
| Jan 28, 7:51 PM EST | SLEET 0.3 | Pikeville, NC | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Jan 28, 7:55 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Tarboro, NC | |
| Jan 28, 8:05 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Ssw Angier, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. CURRENTLY SLEET. |
| Jan 28, 8:09 PM EST | SLEET 0.3 | Spring Lake, NC | |
| Jan 28, 8:10 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Nashville, NC | |
| Jan 28, 8:40 PM EST | SNOW 0.7 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | |
| Jan 28, 8:49 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 2 Nw Flowers, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 5 N Pittsboro, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Apex, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Franklinton, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.2 | 4 Nw Smithfield, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Tarboro, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:06 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 4 W Rocky Mount, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:10 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Clayton, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:12 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 S Garner, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 5 Sw Sanford, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:20 PM EST | SNOW 0.7 | 6 W Falls Lake, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:25 PM EST | SLEET 1 | 8 Nw Raleigh, NC | NEAR NORTH HILLS |
| Jan 28, 9:28 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 E Apex, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:29 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Wilson, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:30 PM EST | SLEET 0.1 | Fayetteville, NC | TOTAL SLEET |
| Jan 28, 9:35 PM EST | SLEET 0.8 | Pikeville, NC | TOTAL SLEET |
| Jan 28, 9:40 PM EST | SLEET 0.4 | Goldsboro, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:45 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 4 Se Grantham, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Durham, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Wake Forest, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Clayton, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Garner, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Wnw Lillington, NC | ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR. |
| Jan 28, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Wsw Wilson, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:50 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Lillington, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:50 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 2 Ene Lake Wheeler, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | |
| Jan 28, 9:59 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Oxford, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Rdu International Airpo, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 2 Se Cary, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Wilson, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Tarboro, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 2 N Laurinburg, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Durham, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Rockingham, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Spring Hope, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Warrenton, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Southern Pines, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:19 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Wsw Wilson, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:20 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Wendell, NC | |
| Jan 28, 10:25 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Emit, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429 WWUS42 KRAH 272017 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES COMBINED WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING OFF THE COAST WILL BRING WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SNOW... BUT MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST. NCZ011-026-027-041-075-076-084-280930- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.140128T2100Z-140129T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-WAKE-MOORE-LEE-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE... RALEIGH...CARY...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAURINBURG TO LILLINGTON TO SMITHFIELD TO TARBORO. * ACCUMULATION...FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET MAINLY FROM FAYETTEVILLE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN 3 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE HOURS WILL QUICKLY COAT ROAD SURFACES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON SUCH MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS I-95... HIGHWAY 421...HIGHWAYS 64 AND 264... I-40 EAST OF RALEIGH... AND HIGHWAY 70. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOWPACK AND ICE ON ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-280930- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.140128T2100Z-140129T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WADESBORO TO SILER CITY TO DURHAM TO KERR LAKE. * ACCUMULATION...THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA... WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN 3 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR FOR CONSECUTIVE HOURS WILL QUICKLY COAT ROAD SURFACES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON SUCH MAJOR ARTERIES AS I-95... I-85... HIGHWAY 158... HIGHWAY 70... I-40 AND I-540...HIGHWAYS 64 AND 264... AND HIGHWAY 401. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOWPACK AND ICE ON ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-040-074-083-280930- /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-CHATHAM-MONTGOMERY-ANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...SILER CITY... PITTSBORO...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...WADESBORO...POLKTON 317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WADESBORO TO SILER CITY TO DURHAM TO KERR LAKE. * ACCUMULATION...THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA... WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN 3 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR FOR CONSECUTIVE HOURS WILL QUICKLY COAT ROAD SURFACES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON SUCH MAJOR ARTERIES AS I-95... I-85... HIGHWAY 158... HIGHWAY 70... I-40 AND I-540...HIGHWAYS 64 AND 264... AND HIGHWAY 401. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOWPACK AND ICE ON ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ NCZ007-023-024-039-073-280930- /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ PERSON-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...FOR THE PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO BURLINGTON TO ROXBORO. * ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN 3 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...THIS HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THIS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF I-40 AND I-85. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOWPACK AND ICE ON ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
8 follow-up statements
781 WWUS42 KRAH 280041 AAA WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 741 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ON TUESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS JUST OFFSHORE THE SOUTHEAST COAST. PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY FALL AS SNOW...THOUGH LIKELY MIXING WITH SLEET FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS FURTHER OFFSHORE. NCZ008>011-025>027-040-041-074>076-083-084-281000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 741 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...ALONG AND NEAR THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON...LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY IN SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF WAKE...FRANKLIN AND NASH COUNTIES. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN NOON AND 300 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM TUESDAY AND 100 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...AND HIGHWAY 64. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-281000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 741 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. A BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SLEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING MAY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 1000 AM AND 100 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM TUESDAY AND 200 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 74...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007-023-024-039-073-281000- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ PERSON-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 741 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON...MEBANE...CHAPEL HILL...AND ROXBORO. * ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY PERSISTS WITH REGARD TO PRECISE ACCUMULATIONS. LOCATIONS FURTHER TO THE WEST ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE A DUSTING TO AN INCH...WHILE LOCATIONS FURTHER TO THE EAST ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 100 PM AND 400 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM TUESDAY AND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY 300 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING WHEN SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 85...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 49. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST WELL AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ANY RESIDUAL SNOW OR ICE ON AREA ROADS COULD IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. $$ VINCENT
964 WWUS42 KRAH 280853 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 353 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NC SINCE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD OUR REGION FROM SOUTH LATE THIS MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS JUST OFFSHORE THE SOUTHEAST COAST. PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY FALL AS SNOW...THOUGH LIKELY MIXING WITH SLEET FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS FURTHER OFFSHORE. NCZ008>011-025>027-040-041-074>076-083-084-282130- /O.EXT.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 353 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON... LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES PROBABLE OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN NOON AND 400 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 100 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT MORE SO TONIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40...INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-282130- /O.EXT.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1400Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 353 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...WILSON...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 IF THE PRECIPITATION REMAINS ALL SNOW. A LONGER PERIOD OF A SNOW SLEET MIXTURE MAY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 200 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 200 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE SO TONIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 701...HIGHWAY 64...HIGHWAY 264...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ021-022-038-282130- /O.EXB.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.140128T1700Z-140129T1400Z/ FORSYTH-GUILFORD-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE 353 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE TRIAD REGION OF LEXINGTON...HIGH POINT......THOMASVILLE...GREENSBORO... AND WINSTON-SALEM. * ACCUMULATION...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PATCHES OF LIGHT SNOW MAY DEVELOP AS EARLY 10 AM THOUGH THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 100 PM AND 400 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM AND 11 PM TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THI EVENING AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 85...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 49. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST WELL AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING ON WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ANY RESIDUAL SNOW OR ICE ON AREA ROADS COULD IMPACT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. && $$ NCZ007-023-024-039-073-282130- /O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.140128T1700Z-140129T1400Z/ PERSON-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 353 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON...ROXBORO... AND CHAPEL HILL. * ACCUMULATION...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 100 PM AND 400 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 85... HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. * OTHER IMPACTS...ANY RESIDUAL SNOW OR ICE ON AREA ROADS COULD IMPACT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. $$
436 WWUS42 KRAH 281503 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1003 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NC SINCE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD OUR REGION FROM SOUTH LATE THIS MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS JUST OFFSHORE THE SOUTHEAST COAST. PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY FALL AS SNOW...THOUGH LIKELY MIXING WITH SLEET FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS FURTHER OFFSHORE. NCZ008>011-025>027-040-041-074>076-083-084-282315- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1003 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON... LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES PROBABLE OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN NOON AND 400 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 100 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT MORE SO TONIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-282315- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1400Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1003 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIANGLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...WILSON...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 IF THE PRECIPITATION REMAINS ALL SNOW. A LONGER PERIOD OF A SNOW SLEET MIXTURE MAY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 200 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 200 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE SO TONIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 701...HIGHWAY 64... HIGHWAY 264...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-282315- /O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.140128T1503Z-140129T1400Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 1003 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON...ROXBORO... AND CHAPEL HILL. * ACCUMULATION...A DUSTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 500 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ROADWAYS THIS MORNING. MORE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS ROADWAYS BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 85... HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. $$
987 WWUS42 KRAH 282045 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 345 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE COMING TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PRIMARILY SNOW...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET OVER THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAN. NCZ008>011-025>027-040-041-074>076-083-084-290930- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 345 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON... LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES PROBABLE OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 700 PM THIS EVENING AND 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-290930- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 345 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...WILSON...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET OVER THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN THIS EVENING THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. A LONGER PERIOD OF A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 200 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 701...HIGHWAY 64... HIGHWAY 264...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-290930- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 345 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON...ROXBORO... AND CHAPEL HILL. * ACCUMULATION...A DUSTING TO LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO SOMETIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS ROADWAYS BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 85... HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. $$
335 WWUS42 KRAH 290133 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 833 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT... .PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...BEFORE EDGING EASTWARD AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PRIMARILY SNOW...WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...THEN SLEET AND SNOW...OVER THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. NCZ008>011-025>027-040-041-074>076-083-084-290945- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 833 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON... LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES PROBABLE OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH AROUND 200 AM. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15...501. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-290945- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 833 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE... SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...WILSON...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER END OF THE RANGE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...AND THE LOWER AMOUNTS OVER THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...WHERE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THROUGH AROUND 200 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 701...HIGHWAY 64... HIGHWAY 264...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-290945- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 833 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON...ROXBORO... AND CHAPEL HILL. * ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS ROADWAYS BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 85... HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING... ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. $$
678 WWUS42 KRAH 290517 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1217 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING... .SNOW WILL EDGE EASTWARD AND END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH EARLY MORNING. NCZ008>011-025>027-040-041-074>076-083-084-291300- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1217 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON... LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES PROBABLE OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 4 AM. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15...501. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY...AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-291300- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1217 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE... SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...WILSON...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...AND EARLIER SLEET...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...WHILE HIGHER ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER WILSON...EDGECOMBE...AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 5 AM. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 701...HIGHWAY 64... HIGHWAY 264...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-291300- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 1217 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON...ROXBORO... AND CHAPEL HILL. * ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM...WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW-COVERED...MAINLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS...WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 85... HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
888 WWUS42 KRAH 290856 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 356 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING... .SNOW WILL EDGE EASTWARD AND END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH EARLY MORNING. NCZ008>011-025>027-040-041-074>076-083-084-291400- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 356 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON... LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END IN THE COASTAL PLAIN AROUND DAYBREAK. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15...501. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL MIDDAY THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-291400- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 356 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE... SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...WILSON...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...AND EARLIER SLEET...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...WHILE HIGHER ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER WILSON...EDGECOMBE...AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL END AROUND DAYBREAK. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 701...HIGHWAY 64... HIGHWAY 264...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-291400- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 356 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON...ROXBORO... AND CHAPEL HILL. * ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW-COVERED...MAINLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS...WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 85... HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15 501. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
320 WWUS42 KRAH 291133 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 633 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTING TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS... .THE LAST OF THE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENT WINTER STORM HAS EXITED THE COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A FEW SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THROUGH MID MORNING. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS ARE ICE AND OR SNOW COVERED...MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH NEAR FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON THEN QUICKLY FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS EVENING. WHAT MELTING THAT OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON WILL QUICKLY FREEZE THIS EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. NCZ008>011-025>028-040>043-074>078-083>086-088-089-292200- /O.CAN.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140130T1700Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH... CARY...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET... EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 633 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 RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RECOVER TO NEAR FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON THEN QUICKLY FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL VARY FROM 5 ABOVE WHERE THE SNOWPACK IS THICKEST TO THE 10 TO 15 ABOVE ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING AROUND MID DAY THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND OR SNOW-COVERED...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS...WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. ANY MELTING THAT OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON WILL QUICKLY FREEZE AROUND SUNSET RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND BLACK ICE MEANS THAT ROAD CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS AND TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED. IF YOU MUST VENTURE ON AREA ROADWAYS...EXPECT VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-292200- /O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140130T1700Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 633 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATION...THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RECOVER TO NEAR FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON THEN QUICKLY FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL VARY FROM 5 ABOVE WHERE THE SNOWPACK IS THICKEST TO THE 10 TO 15 ABOVE ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING AROUND MID DAY THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND OR SNOW-COVERED...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS...WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. ANY MELTING THAT OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON WILL QUICKLY FREEZE AROUND SUNSET RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND BLACK ICE MEANS THAT ROAD CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS AND TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED. IF YOU MUST VENTURE ON AREA ROADWAYS...EXPECT VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 27, 2:57 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 2:57 PM EST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
257 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
EVENING. A COASTAL LOW WILL DEEPEN OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 230 PM MONDAY...
CLEARING EARLIER TODAY ALLOWED TO TEMPS TO EXCEED 60 FOR A LARGE
PORTION FO THE AREA...AS HIGH AS 67 IN A FEW SPOTS SO FAR. THE COLD
FRONT APPEARS TO NOW BE JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WHERE WINDS HAVE
SHIFTED TO NORTHWESTERLY AND TEMPS ARE BEGINNING TO FALL. THE FRONT
WILL SURGE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH CENTRAL NC BETWEEN 21Z AND 03Z.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL SHOW SOME POST FRONTAL MOISTENING AT THE
TOP OF THE INVERSION...AROUND 4-5K FT. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A
FEW SPRINKLES...BUT THE SATURATION IS SHALLOW AND THE INSENTROPIC
LIFT IS BRIEF. THE LATEST GUIDANCE REGARDING THE IMPENDING WINTER
STORM (SEE SHORT TERM BELOW) ALSO SHOWS QPF OVER SAMPSON COUNTY BY
12Z TUESDAY. GIVEN THAT BOTH THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE RATHER DRY
AT THE ONSET OF PRECIP AND THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION WILL COME LATER
TUESDAY...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY STIFF OUR OF THE NORTH AT UP TO 15KT...WITH
GUSTS TO 20-25KT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT. AS TEMPS FALL INTO
THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. THE LATEST GUIDANCE REGARDING THE
IMPENDING WINTER STORM (SEE SHORT TERM BELOW) SHOW QPF OVER SAMPSON
COUNTY BY 12Z TUESDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 220 PM MONDAY...
WINTER STORM LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...
FOR TUE THROUGH WED: CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT AREAS FROM THE
TRIANGLE SOUTH AND EAST WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TUE INTO EARLY
WED. MODELS HAVE IN GENERAL SPED UP THIS SYSTEM... AND WE'RE NOW
PROJECTING AN EARLIER ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FOR THE PRECIP THAN
PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. CONFIDENCE IN HIGHER TOTALS ALONG/EAST OF I-
95 HAS ALSO INCREASED. WE WILL BE UPGRADING TO WINTER STORMS
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WITH THIS FORECAST.
SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW: THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE PUSHED WELL SOUTHEAST OF
THE FORECAST AREA TUE MORNING... WHILE SPRAWLING ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE MID MISS VALLEY... STRETCHING
FROM THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE MIDATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST. THIS
HIGH WILL DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH WED BUT CONTINUE TO EXTEND THROUGH THE
OH VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS... PROVIDING A STEADY SOURCE OF
COLD AIR INTO NC... AS BAGGY LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SE COAST TRACKS TO
THE NE TUE/TUE NIGHT. FURTHER UP... THE 850 MB TROUGH WILL STALL OUT
ACROSS NRN/WRN NC TUE AS A LOW LEVEL JET TRACKS FROM THE NE GULF
ALONG THE SE COASTAL AREAS THROUGH TUE NIGHT... THEN BOTH SHIFT EAST
BY DAYBREAK WED. IN THE MID LEVELS... BROAD TROUGHING FROM NE CANADA
THROUGH TX WITH A CLOSED LOW OVER MEXICO WILL DAMPEN A BIT AND
REMAIN POSITIVELY TILTED WHILE SHIFTING EASTWARD TOWARD NC THROUGH
LATE WED... WHILE SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY EJECTS OUT OF THE TROUGH NE
ACROSS THE REGION... PROVIDING A PORTION OF THE NECESSARY FORCING
FOR ASCENT. FINALLY... THE APPROACHING TROUGH WILL TIGHTEN UP THE
UPPER JET CORE FROM THE OH VALLEY ACROSS THE NE... AND UPPER
DIVERGENCE WILL RAMP UP ALONG THE NC COASTAL SECTIONS BY MIDDAY
TUE... THEN MAXIMIZE AREAWIDE EARLY TUE EVENING INTO THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT BEFORE EXITING WED... PROVIDING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SOURCE
OF LIFT.
PRECIP OVERVIEW: CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT THIS WILL BE AN ALL
SNOW EVENT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF CENTRAL NC... ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD
START OUT MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET IN THE ERN SANDHILLS AND SRN
COASTAL PLAIN ON TUE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL SEE ONE FAST-MOVING WAVE
TRACK ACROSS SE AND COASTAL NC LATE MORNING TUE THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME FOR THE SUBCLOUD LAYER TO
SATURATE... HOWEVER THIS WAVE COULD STILL DROP A QUICK HALF INCH OF
SNOW IN THE ERN SANDHILLS/SERN COASTAL PLAIN AROUND LUNCHTIME. THE
SECOND AND MORE POTENT WAVE AND MID LEVEL JET STREAK ARRIVING BY MID
AFTERNOON WILL BRING A SWATH OF PRECIP FURTHER WEST THIS TIME...
DURING THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOUGH CALL ON EXACTLY WHERE THE BACK EDGE OF THIS
PRECIP WILL LINE UP... BUT MODELS ARE TRENDING THIS WESTERN EDGE A
LITTLE FARTHER WEST... MEANING A BETTER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
FURTHER BACK INTO THE PIEDMONT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL
SNOW WILL FALL JUST EAST OF THE TRIAD... ALTHOUGH THE TRIAD IS NOT
OUT OF THE WOODS... AND THE CURRENT EXPECTATIONS OF LESS THAN AN
INCH IN THE GSO/INT AREA COULD BE TOO LOW IF THE MODELS CONTINUE TO
TREND FARTHER WEST. AT THIS POINT THE MOST LIKELY TIMING OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM 3 PM TUE TO 2 AM WED... WHEN THE
POTENTIAL FOR BANDED SNOW WILL BE GREATEST... AND ROUGHLY ALONG AND
EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AT OR ABOVE
3 INCHES FROM WADESBORO THROUGH THE TRIANGLE TO WARRENTON
EASTWARD... AND AT OR ABOVE 5 INCHES FROM LAURINBURG TO FORT BRAGG
TO SMITHFIELD TO ENFIELD EASTWARD. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBPAGE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA FOR MORE DETAILED GRAPHICS. NEEDLESS TO SAY... THIS COULD BE A
MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NC. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SHOW DRYING ALOFT ABOVE -10C AS EARLY AS LATE EVENING AS DRIER AIR
ARRIVES ALOFT FROM THE WEST... SO WE SHOULD SEE A TRANSITION TO A
PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE LAST FEW HOURS OF THE
EVENT... BUT THIS LIGHT ICING SHOULD PROVIDE MINIMAL ADDITIONAL
IMPACT. WITH AN EARLIER ONSET... WE'LL HAVE AN EARLIER ENDING...
WITH ALL PRECIP CHANCES OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE NOON WED.
EXPECT THE EVENT TO START WITH A 10:1 SNOW LIQUID RATIO (EXCEPT
LOWER AT 7:1 IN THE SE WHERE SLEET SHOULD MIX IN)... THEN WILL
INCREASE IT TO 13:1 WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP RATES.
TEMPS: HIGHS 25-30 TUE... LOWS 15-20 TUE NIGHT... HIGHS 30-34 WED...
AND LOWS 9-15 WED NIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.
FOR THU/THU NIGHT: SURFACE HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD AND OFFSHORE AS THE
TUE/WED MID LEVEL TROUGH SHIFTS FURTHER OFFSHORE. THE OVERALL FLOW
FLATTENS OVER THE SRN CONUS... BUT MODELS SHOW THE AFOREMENTIONED
LOW OVER MEXICO OPENING UP AND HEADING EAST INTO THE GULF AND
SOUTHEAST. THIS SHOULD BRING INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS TO OUR AREA...
BUT MUCH OF THE COLUMN SHOULD REMAIN TOO DRY FOR ANY PRECIP WITH
THIS FEATURE. WITH THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTING TO OUR EAST THU
NIGHT... WE MAY GET ENOUGH RETURN FLOW FOR SOME LOW STRATUS INTO OUR
SOUTHERN HALF LATE. HIGHS 35-40... ALTHOUGH MUCH WILL DEPEND ON THE
AMOUNT OF SNOWPACK AS THIS WILL AFFECT ALBEDO AND HOW MUCH OF THE
SUN'S ENERGY GOES TO WARM UP THE LOW LEVELS. LOWS 16-23. -GIH
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 255 PM MONDAY...
MODERATING TEMPERATURES DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A CHANCE
OF RAIN LATE SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY...
A NOTABLE PATTERN CHANGE WILL BE ONGOING AT THE START OF THE
EXTENDED RANGE AS WEST COAST RIDGING BREAKS DOWN AND A BROAD
TRANSIENT TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. HEIGHTS RISE ON
FRIDAY AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY. SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE SLIPS OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST RESULTING IN A RETURN
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE RESULT SHOULD BE A NICE TEMPERATURE RECOVERY
ON FRIDAY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER
40S. HIGHS COULD BE TEMPERED A BIT IF A SUBSTANTIAL SNOW COVER STILL
EXISTS IN THE EAST.
AS THE WESTERN TROUGH SLIPS INTO THE PLAINS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY WITH RISING THICKNESSES AND HEIGHTS. A COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO THE WESTERN OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE IN THE DAY AS
MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. MAX
TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE NORMAL ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 50S.
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARRIVES LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS COLD FRONT
SUPPORTED BY THE UPPER TOUGH MOVES EAST. THERE IS A SUFFICIENT
SOURCE OF MOISTURE IS PRESENT GIVEN THE RETURN FROM OFF THE GULF OF
MEXICO FOR SLIGHT/LOW CHANCE POPS. THE QUESTION IS THE DEGREE OF
FORCING PRESENT TO PRODUCE PRECIPITATION AND THE TIMING OF THE
FRONT. NWP GUIDANCE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THE TIMING AND SMALL
SCALE DETAILS OF THE SYSTEM AND WPC USED A BROAD MODEL BLEND TO
HANDLE THEIR FORECAST GUIDANCE. FOR NOW WILL KEEP POPS ON THE LOW
END AND FOCUS THEM FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE FIRST PART OF SUNDAY.
HIGHS SUNDAY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND IN THE MID 50S TO NEAR 60.
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT A COOLER BUT NOT ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL BUILD
INTO THE REGION. HIGHS ON MONDAY SHOULD RANGE IN THE UPPER 40S TO
LOWER 50S. -BLAES
&&
.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM MONDAY...
VFR CONDITIONS CURRENTLY OBSERVED ACROSS CENTRAL NC. A COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND SETTLED SOUTH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND BRING A
CHANCE OF WINTRY WEATHER AND POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS STARTING
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
WINDS ARE GENERALLY IN THE 8-12KT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN AND BEGINNING TO VEER TO
WESTERLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AS THE COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH EAST
OF THE MOUNTAINS. FROP IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY 21Z AT
KGSO/KINT...BY 23Z AT KRDU...AND BY 02Z AT KRWI/KFAY. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY AND THEN NORTHERLY BEHIND THE
FRONT...INCREASING TO 15KT AND GUSTING TO AS HIGH AS 25KT FOR A
SHORT PERIOD OVERNIGHT. SOME STRATUS...AT OR ABOVE 3K FT WILL ALSO
FORM AS THE FRONT SURGES SOUTH. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL STAY UP AROUND
10-12KT ON TUESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE
OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
HOW QUICKLY PRECIP WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NC ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THUS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN SUB-VFR
CEILINGS WILL DEVELOP. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST IN MVFR CEILINGS AT
KFAY BY 18Z.
OUTLOOK... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF
953 A THE STORM LATE WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER
THROUGH FRIDAY. AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY CAUSE MVFR
CEILINGS...MAINLY IN THE TRIAD VICINITY BY SATURDAY MORNING.
&&
.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY
FOR NCZ008>011-025>028-040>043-074>078-083>086-088-089.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ007-023-024-039-073.
&&
SYNOPSIS...KC
NEAR TERM...SMITH
SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD
LONG TERM...BLAES
AVIATION...SMITHHazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 4:43 AM EST, 10 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 NCZ011-026>028-041>043-075>078-084>086-088-089-281000- HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE- HARNETT-WAYNE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...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 WATCH. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORTED MEASURED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ007>010-021>025-038>040-073-074-083-281000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON- 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON USHERING IN MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD AIR AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF AROUND 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:51 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 69 hr |
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Sources
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