Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm warning at Feb 11, 2014, 4:42 AM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 16 hr. 22 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
- Feb 11, 2014, 4:42 AM EST (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2014, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 9:15 AM EST | SNOW 0 | Fort Bragg, NC | DUSTING OF SNOW ON ROOFTOPS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. SNOW BEGINNING TO STICK ON THE GRASS. |
| Feb 11, 9:20 AM EST | SNOW 0 | Raeford, NC | SNOW STARTING TO ACCUMULATE |
| Feb 11, 9:40 AM EST | SNOW 0 | Hope Mills, NC | TRACE OF SNOW. REPORT VIA TWC NEWS |
| Feb 11, 11:35 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Clinton, NC | |
| Feb 11, 11:40 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Wagram, NC | 1 TO 1.5 INCHES |
| Feb 11, 11:54 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Laurel Hill, NC | |
| Feb 11, 11:55 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Clinton, NC | LITTLE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS. |
| Feb 11, 1:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Spring Lake, NC | |
| Feb 11, 1:45 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| Feb 11, 2:27 PM EST | SLEET 2.8 | Clinton, NC | |
| Feb 11, 2:27 PM EST | SNOW 2.8 | Clinton, NC | |
| Feb 11, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Harrells, NC | |
| Feb 11, 2:44 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Gibson, NC | 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Feb 11, 2:45 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Laurinburg, NC | |
| Feb 11, 2:45 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Wagram, NC | |
| Feb 11, 2:45 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 W Raeford, NC | |
| Feb 11, 2:50 PM EST | SNOW 3.8 | Raeford, NC | |
| Feb 11, 4:29 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Fort Bragg, NC | RELAYED VIA SKYWARN |
| Feb 11, 4:29 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Wagram, NC | RELAYED VIA SKYWARN |
| Feb 11, 4:29 PM EST | SNOW 3.1 | Fayetteville, NC | RELAYED VIA SKYWARN |
| Feb 11, 4:29 PM EST | SNOW 3.2 | Laurel Hill, NC | RELAYED VIA SKYWARN |
| Feb 11, 4:29 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Laurel Hill, NC | RELAYED BY SKYWARN |
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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WWUS42 KRAH 110942 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 442 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY... AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES OVER THE CAROLINAS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT... THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM... PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. NCZ085-086-088-089-112230- /O.UPG.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0002.140211T0942Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T0500Z-140213T2300Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 442 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THIS AREA. * LOCATIONS...AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAURINBURG TO RAEFORD TO FAYETTEVILLE TO NEWTON GROVE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW... MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AT TIMES... WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY... WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ON WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY... ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE DANGEROUS. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY... INCREASING WEDNESDAY TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ042-073>078-083-084-112230- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T0500Z-140213T2300Z/ JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN... ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 442 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW... MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AT TIMES... WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF INCH TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ON WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY... ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE DANGEROUS. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY... INCREASING WEDNESDAY TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-112230- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T0500Z-140213T2300Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON... NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...WILSON 442 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE TRIAD...WITH A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AND INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE SOUTH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICING COULD SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && $$
4 follow-up statements
391 WWUS42 KRAH 111213 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 713 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY... AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES OVER THE CAROLINAS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT... THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM... PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. NCZ085-086-088-089-112130- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T0500Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 713 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAURINBURG TO RAEFORD TO FAYETTEVILLE TO NEWTON GROVE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW... MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AT TIMES... WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY... WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ON WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY... ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE DANGEROUS. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY... INCREASING WEDNESDAY TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ042-073>078-083-084-112130- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T0500Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN... ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 713 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW... MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AT TIMES... WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF INCH TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ON WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY... ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE DANGEROUS. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY... INCREASING WEDNESDAY TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ007-021>025-038>041-112130- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T0500Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- CHATHAM-WAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE... TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY 713 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE TRIAD...WITH A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AND INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE SOUTH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICING COULD SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY... INCREASING WEDNESDAY TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NCZ008>011-026>028-043-112130- /O.EXT.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 713 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICING COULD SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA ON LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && $$
372 WWUS42 KRAH 111733 AAA WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1233 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NCZ008>011-026>028-043-121000- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0002.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE... ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 1233 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. * HAZARDS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHEAST COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF PRIOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ085-086-088-089-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1233 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...A SEPARATE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ042-073>078-083-084-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN... ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1233 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF INCH TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && $$ NCZ007-021>025-038>041-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- CHATHAM-WAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE... TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY 1233 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE TRIAD...ALONG WITH TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE TOWARD THE EAST...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IN RALEIGH. HOWEVER...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ONCE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICING WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ VINCENT
483 WWUS42 KRAH 112004 AAA WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 304 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NCZ085-086-088-089-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 304 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && $$ NCZ042-077-078-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ JOHNSTON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 304 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...HARNETT AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER JOHNSTON...HARNETT AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AFFECTED COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && $$ NCZ073>076-083-084-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 304 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...STANLY...MONTGOMERY...MOORE...LEE...ANSON AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-043-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 304 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...HALIFAX...NASH...EDGECOMBE...AND WILSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF ANY PRIOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-026-040-041-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY 304 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...GRANVILLE...VANCE...WARREN...DURHAM...FRANKLIN... CHATHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON TOP OF PRIOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-121000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY 304 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE TRIAD AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME HEAVY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE TRIAD...ALONG WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DECREASE TO THE EAST...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES CLOSER TOWARD THE TRIANGLE... WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE TO THE EAST AND RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH CLOSER TOWARD THE TRIANGLE. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICING WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ VINCENT/BADGETT
249 WWUS42 KRAH 120130 AAA WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 830 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH OVERNIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST OVERNIGHT...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. NCZ085-086-088-089-121100- /O.CAN.KRAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 830 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...A FEW SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...RECENT SNOW FALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL COMPOUND TRAVEL PROBLEMS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE COULD ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && $$ NCZ042-077-078-121100- /O.CAN.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ JOHNSTON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 830 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...HARNETT AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...A FEW SNOW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE OVER JOHNSTON...HARNETT AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH WEDNESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATION BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW COULD ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES...BEGINNING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. POWER MAY BE OUT FOR MORE THAN A DAY IF A HALF INCH OF ICE OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES. && $$ NCZ073>076-083-084-121100- /O.CAN.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140212T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 830 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * LOCATIONS...STANLY...MONTGOMERY...MOORE...LEE...ANSON AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ICE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. POWER MAY BE OUT FOR MORE THAN A DAY IF A HALF INCH OF ICE OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-043-121100- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 830 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...HALIFAX...NASH...EDGECOMBE...AND WILSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. POWER MAY BE OUT FOR MORE THAN A DAY IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-026-040-041-121100- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY 830 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...GRANVILLE...VANCE...WARREN...DURHAM...FRANKLIN... CHATHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * TYPE...PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOW THEN TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO EARLY THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY END AS LIGHT SNOW ON THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. POWER MAY BE OUT FOR MORE THAN A DAY IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-121100- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0003.140212T1400Z-140213T2300Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY 830 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE TRIAD AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME HEAVY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL ACCUMULATE 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND MAY LAST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A ROXBORO TO BURLINGTON TO ASHEBORO LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. $$
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 Feb 11, 3:45 AM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:45 AM EST, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 345 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO LATE TODAY... THEN INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD OVER THE DEEP SOUTH THEN NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 310 AM TUESDAY... HAVE UPGRADED SCOTLAND/HOKE/CUMBERLAND/SAMPSON COUNTIES TO A WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64. SYNOPTIC PATTERN: A FRONTAL ZONE SITS ACROSS CENTRAL SC/GA INTO SRN AL/MS/LA THIS MORNING WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM GA THROUGH WRN NC. LARGE FRIGID SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE MIDWEST EXTENDS EASTWARD TO THE MIDATLANTIC AND NOSES SOUTHWARD INTO NC. THE FRONT WILL HOLD WELL TO OUR SOUTH TODAY... WITH WEAK LOW PRESSURE RIDING EASTWARD ALONG IT... WHILE THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS QUICKLY EASTWARD TO BE CENTERED OVER NY/PA TONIGHT... SETTING UP AN IDEAL SETUP FOR A STRONG INFLUX OF COLD DRY SURFACE AIR SOUTHWARD INTO NC... ESPECIALLY STARTING TONIGHT. PRECIP COVERAGE/TYPES: ONLY VERY LIGHT PRECIP PERSISTS IN OUR FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AT THE MOMENT AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER SEVERAL HOURS... HOWEVER TEMPS HERE ARE GENERALLY JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND SHOULD REMAIN SO... SO EXPECT LITTLE MORE THAN PATCHY LIGHT RAIN HERE EARLY. BUT THE NEXT INCOMING RAIN SHIELD IS RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP... FUELED BY 850 MB MASS CONVERGENCE/FRONTOGENESIS AS WELL AS WEAK DPVA AND UPPER DIVERGENCE... AND THIS PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE EXTREME SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF CENTRAL NC FROM THE WSW STARTING THIS MORNING. WITH MINOR DIFFERENCES... THE LATEST SUITE OF MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING COVERAGE... LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL SOUTH OF HWY 64 TRENDING DOWN TO A SHARP NORTHERN CUTOFF OF PRECIP ROUGHLY ALONG HWY 64 DUE TO THE INFLUX OF LOW LEVEL DRIER AIR PUNCHING IN FROM THE NORTH (AND IN FACT THE TRIAD DEW POINT HAS DROPPED 8-10 DEGREES IN JUST THE LAST HOUR). MODEL PRECIP AMOUNTS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE AS WELL... WITH LIQUID EQUIVALENT RANGING FROM UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH ALONG HWY 64 RANGING TO 0.3-0.4" IN OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. AS FAR AS PTYPE... PARTIAL THICKNESSES AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORT TODAY'S EVENT BEING MOSTLY SNOW... EXCEPT FOR MIXED SNOW AND SLEET IN THE FAR SE NEAR THE (WEAK) WARM 850 MB NOSE. EVEN FACTORING IN A LITTLE SLEET... QPF AND THE VERTICAL THERMAL STRUCTURE SUPPORT TOTAL SNOWFALL OF NO MORE THAN A DUSTING ALONG HWY 64 RANGING TO NEAR 3 INCHES IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST... NECESSITATING THE UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING ALONG/SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAURINBURG TO RAEFORD TO FAYETTEVILLE TO NEWTON GROVE. EXPECT PRECIP TO TAPER OFF AND EXIT THE SOUTHEAST CWA BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW ENOUGH DRYING THROUGH THE COLUMN TO REMOVE PRECIP CHANCES FOR A BRIEF WINDOW TONIGHT... WHEN WE'LL SEE A GOOD SURGE IN LOW LEVEL COLD/DRY AIR AS THE ARCTIC HIGH MOVES IN PLACE TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF A DAMMING WEDGE THROUGH CENTRAL NC. FORECAST CONFIDENCE: CONFIDENCE IS HIGH REGARDING THE WINTRY NATURE OF THE PRECIP (MOSTLY SNOW EXCEPT MIXED WITH SLEET IN FAR SE) AND THE AREA AFFECTED... AND IS A LITTLE LOWER ON THE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS. DESPITE CURRENT SURFACE TEMPS/DEW POINTS IN THE MID 30S... THESE ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SLOWLY THIS MORNING AS THE COOLER/DRY AIR STEADILY PUSHES IN FROM THE NORTH. AND THE COLUMN ABOVE THE SURFACE SHOULD HOLD UNIFORMLY NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING... WITH DEEP SATURATION. RADAR TRENDS OF PRECIP NOW OVER MS/AL/GA INTO FAR SRN TN/SW NC SUPPORT THE FORECAST TREND AS WELL... INCLUDING AN INCREASE IN QPF IN THE EXTREME SW AND THE SUBSEQUENT NEED FOR AN UPGRADE TO WINTER STORM WARNING (OUR WARNING CRITERIA IS 3" IN 12 HRS). WHAT COULD DERAIL THE FORECAST WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT NORTHWARD SURGE IN THE PRECIP SHIELD THIS MORNING (WHICH WOULD BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS FURTHER NORTH) OR A TREND TO MUCH HIGHER QPF OVER THE FAR SE... ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR EITHER OF THESE IS QUITE LOW AT THIS TIME. GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE DRYING TREND THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT AS MODELS SHOW A RESPITE IN THE FORCING FOR ASCENT. TEMPS: EXPECT TEMPS TO VARY JUST A FEW DEGREES THROUGH THE DAY... LEADING TO HIGHS IN THE MID 30S NORTH TRENDING TO LOW 30S SOUTHEAST. LOWS TONIGHT 23-38. -GIH && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 325 AM TUESDAY... ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS THAT CENTRAL NC WILL BE HIT WITH A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. NO CHANGES OR UPGRADES TO THE WATCH WILL BE MADE WITH THIS PACKAGE. THE GENERAL SETUP FOR THIS STORM WILL CONSIST A STRONG HIGH SETTLING OVER NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY...WITH CLASSIC CAD EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS COLD AND DRY AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH. MEANWHILE...A PAIR OF SHORTWAVES MOVING FROM THE WESTERN US INTO THE CYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE EASTERN US WILL BEGIN TO INTERACT AND AMPLIFY INTO NEARLY CLOSED OFF LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST US. ASSOCIATED CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE GULF COAST...WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING/DEEPENING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THERE IS STILL A FAIR AMOUNT OF SPREAD IN THE MODELS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW...AS MUCH 150 MILES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF...THERE IS ENOUGH AGREEMENT IN THE TREND OF PARTIAL THICKNESSES TO SUGGEST THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICING WILL OCCUR OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE CWA. THE GFS IS THE COLDER OF THE MODELS...SHOWING A LOW TRACK THAT REMAINS FULLY OFFSHORE. THE NAM AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW A TRACK CLOSER TO THE COAST OR JUST INLAND...WITH THE INTENSE WARM ADVECTION THAT DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE MID-LEVEL LOW DRIVING A WARM NOSE MUCH FURTHER INLAND THAN THE GFS. WPC PREFERS A LOW TRACK BETWEEN THE MODEL CONSENSUS AND THE ECMWF...BASICALLY HUGGING THE COASTLINE. AS SUCH...THERE ARENT MANY CHANGES TO BE MADE TO THE PTYPE DISTRIBUTION IN THE FORECAST. WE EXPECT PRECIP TO START AS SNOW AND SLEET AT ONSET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE 15Z-18Z TIME FRAME....GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING. THE IS A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF PRECIP REMAINING MOSTLY SNOW IN THE TRIAD WHILE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN...OR EVEN ALL RAIN...EAST OF I-95. IN THE MIDDLE...WITHING 40 MILES OR SO ON EITHER SIDE OF US HWY 1...THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE DOMINATE PTYPE. SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD TREND TOWARD MORE FREEZING RAIN WITH TIME WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT POSSIBLE BANDING AND ENHANCED PRECIP RATES WILL LIKELY DRIVE SOME OF THE PTYPE CHANGES AS WELL. THESE DETAILS ARE STILL MURKY AT 48 HOURS. EVEN LESS CERTAIN IS WHO WILL GET HIT WITH THE TAIL END OF WHAT SHOULD BE AN INTENSE DEFORMATION BAND ON THE WEST-NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW. THE GFS WOULD GIVE ANOTHER 2-4 INCHES TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT BY 18Z THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY. BASED ON QPF AND NOMOGRAM BASED PTYPE CHANGES...WE SNOW TO RANGE FROM GENERALLY 4-6 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT (HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE) TO MORE LIKE 2-4 INCHES NEAR US HWY 1. ICING WILL BE THE BIG STORY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WHERE A QUARTER TO EVEN ONE HALF OF AN INCH CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE FORECAST WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...AND WHILE THESE AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SOME DEGREE...IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD TRAVEL HAZARDS AND POWER OUTAGES. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 345 AM TUESDAY... FAIRLY QUIET PERIOD... NOT OVERLY COOL OR WARM... AND MOSTLY DRY EXCEPT FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS VERY LATE FRI OR FRI NIGHT. MID LEVEL FLOW BRIEFLY FLATTENS OVER OUR REGION FRI BEHIND THE DEPARTING DEEP TROUGH... WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE COVERING THE GULF/DEEP SOUTH AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST. EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS FRI WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. AN AMPLIFYING WAVE DROPPING INTO THE BROAD ERN US TROUGH BASE SWINGS THROUGH NC FRI NIGHT ACCOMPANIED AT THE SURFACE BY A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT... AND THE GFS/ECMWF BOTH GENERATE A SWATH OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE... SO WILL INCLUDE A CHANCE POPS IN THIS TIME FRAME. ANOTHER COOL BUT MODIFYING SURFACE HIGH CROSSES THE MIDSOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SAT... AND EXPECT FAIR SKIES WITH BELOW-NORMAL TEMPS. THE FLOW FLATTENS AGAIN BEHIND THE DEPARTING TROUGH FOR SUN/MON. THE ECMWF TAKES YET ANOTHER WAVE ACROSS VA/NC PRODUCING LIGHT PRECIP OVER OUR AREA SUN... ALTHOUGH THE GFS IS WEAKER AND FURTHER NORTH... KEEPING US DRY. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW FOR SUN/MON. THE ONSET OF LOW LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY RETURN FLOW SHOULD PUSH TEMPS BACK UP TO NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR SUN/MON... WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. -GIH && .AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1240 AM TUESDAY... AREA OF LIGHT RAIN...WITH POSSIBLY SOME SNOW AND/OR SLEET MIXED IN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST PORTIONS (MAINLY KFAY) OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITHIN THE HEAVIER PRECIP...CIGS/VSBYS BRIEFLY DROP TO IFR...BUT GENERALLY MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHERE THERE IS PRECIPITATION. SINCE THE PRECIP (RAIN/SNOW/SLEET) WILL BE MORE PATCHY IN NATURE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...WILL LEAVE ONLY A MENTION OF DRIZZLE IN KFAY...ALTHOUGH SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF WINTRY MIX MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIP HAS SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED TO VFR AS DRIER AIR STARTS TO FILTER IN. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BEHIND THE DEPARTING WAVE. LOOKING UPSTREAM (WHERE THE DRY AIR IS NOW IN PLACE)...VFR CONDITIONS ARE PREVAILING AND THEREFORE SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY...WITH LOW END VFR CIGS FOR NOW...ALTHOUGH MVFR CIGS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION (ESPECIALLY IF THE DRIER AIR TAKES LONGER TO MOVE SOUTH). THEN ANOTHER WAVE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL SPREAD SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW/SLEET AND IFR/LIFR CEILINGS INTO THE SANDHILLS (KFAY) TUESDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON...BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST SHOULD REMAIN DRY. OUTLOOK: EXPECT SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THU IN ASSOC/W A WINTER STORM AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS ACROSS THE GULF COAST AND TRACKS NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN IMPROVING LATE THU INTO THU NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ042- 073>078-083-084. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088- 089. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ085-086- 088-089. && SYNOPSIS...HARTFIELD NEAR TERM...HARTFIELD SHORT TERM...SMITH LONG TERM...HARTFIELD AVIATION...KRD/VINCENT
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:05 PM EST, 12 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 405 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-112115- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND- SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 405 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WATCH. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-112115- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- WILSON- 405 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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. VINCENT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 59 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.