Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2015, 4:18 PM EST for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 16, 2015, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 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
- Feb 15, 2015, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2015, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 31 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford 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, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 16, 4:00 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Winston-Salem, NC | SNOW STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON SECONDARY ROADS |
| Feb 16, 4:25 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Efland, NC | LIGHT SNOW IN EFLAND. |
| Feb 16, 4:30 PM EST | SLEET 0 | Duncan, NC | MODERATE SLEET REPORTED IN DUNCAN. |
| Feb 16, 4:33 PM EST | SNOW 0 | High Point, NC | SECONDARY ROADS BECOMING SLICK. |
| Feb 16, 4:35 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Winston-Salem, NC | FROM A TRAINED SPOTTER |
| Feb 16, 4:44 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Graham, NC | SNOW IS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE IN GRAHAM |
| Feb 16, 4:53 PM EST | SLEET 0 | Clayton, NC | MODERATE SLEET AT LENOX ST AND GROVEWOOD. |
| Feb 16, 4:53 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | Gorman, NC | |
| Feb 16, 5:15 PM EST | SNOW 0 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | SNOW AT NWS RALEIGH |
| Feb 16, 5:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Youngsville, NC | 1/8 OF AN INCH OF SNOW IN YOUNGSVILLE. |
| Feb 16, 5:16 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Carpenter, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF SNOW ON ROADS. |
| Feb 16, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Wnw Greensboro, NC | ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET BEGAN RIGHT AROUND 4PM... WITH NEARLY 1/2 OF AN INCH COVERING MOST OF THE GRASS AND STREET. |
| Feb 16, 5:29 PM EST | SLEET 0.2 | High Point, NC | AROUND A 1/4 OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. PRECIP IS CURRENTLY SLEET. |
| Feb 16, 5:38 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 2 S Drewry, NC | 1/8 OF AN INCH OF SNOW NEAR THE VANCE/WARREN COUNTY LINE NEAR I-85. |
| Feb 16, 5:40 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 5 N Efland, NC | 1/2 OF AN INCH OF SNOW AN SLEET NEAR EFLAND. CURRENTLY SLEET. |
| Feb 16, 5:42 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | Cary, NC | SNOW AND SLEET MEASURING 1/8 OF AN INCH. |
| Feb 16, 5:49 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 2 Sw Castalia, NC | 1/8 OF AN INCH OF SNOW NEAR CASTALIA. |
| Feb 16, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Chapel Hill, NC | 0.15 OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IN CHAPEL HILL. |
| Feb 16, 6:30 PM EST | SLEET 0.1 | Wendell, NC | 1/8 OF AN INCH OF SLEET REPORTED NEAR WENDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Feb 16, 6:49 PM EST | SLEET 0 | Rockingham, NC | SLEET AND SOME SNOW IN ROCKINGHAM. |
| Feb 16, 6:57 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 1 Ssw Morrisville, NC | UP TO A TENTH OF AN ICH OF SNOW AND SLEET IN MORRISVILLE. |
| Feb 16, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | 1/10 OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET AT NWS RALEIGH. |
| Feb 16, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Rdu International Airpo, NC | 0.1 OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET AT KRDU. |
| Feb 16, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Piedmont Triad Airport, NC | 0.3 OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET AT KGSO. |
| Feb 16, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 Nne Purnell, NC | 1/2 AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET WAS REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JOHN MITCHELL ROAD AND SID MITCHELL ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 7:38 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 4 N Lewisville, NC | STARTING TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 16, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Wnw Greensboro, NC | 1/2 OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Feb 16, 8:45 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 11 Ne Roxboro, NC | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED NEAR TRIPLE SPINGS NEAR THE NC/VA BORDER. |
| Feb 16, 8:50 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Winston-Salem, NC | ONE INCH OF SNOW/SLEET AT POLO RD AND PEACEHAVEN RD. |
| Feb 16, 8:53 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Roxboro, NC | SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 16, 9:28 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.06 | Broadway, NC | 1/16 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL NEAR BROADWAY. |
| Feb 16, 9:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 4 W Pfafftown, NC | 1.3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET... WITH TRACE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 16, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 5 Wsw Falls Lake, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION LESS THAN 1/4 OF AN INCH AT SIX FORKS AND SAWMILL ROADS. |
| Feb 16, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 11 Ne Roxboro, NC | 4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED NEAR TRIPLE SPRINGS IN NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY. |
| Feb 16, 10:05 PM EST | SLEET 0.2 | Cary, NC | 1/4 INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED IN CARY ON ROAD SURFACES. |
| Feb 16, 10:18 PM EST | SNOW 1.4 | 4 N Lewisville, NC | 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Feb 16, 10:35 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 1 E Apex, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.10 INCHES. |
| Feb 16, 10:35 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 4 S Garner, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1/8 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH. |
| Feb 16, 10:40 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Durham, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 16, 10:55 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 6 Wnw Lake Gaston, NC | HALF INCH OF MIXED SNOW AND SLEET. VERY LITTLE GLAZING. |
| Feb 16, 10:58 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Wnw Greensboro, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF AROUND AN 1.0. |
| Feb 16, 11:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Fayetteville Regional A, NC | ASOS REPORTS 0.10 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 16, 11:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Laurinburg Maxton Apt, NC | ASOS REPORTS 0.10 OF FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 16, 11:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Rocky Mount, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.10 INCHES. |
| Feb 16, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 3 E Holly Springs, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.10 INCHES |
| Feb 16, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | Wendell, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.25 INCHES NEAR ZEBULON. |
| Feb 16, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 Nw Goldston, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.5 INCHES |
| Feb 16, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Asheboro, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.5 INCHES |
| Feb 16, 11:17 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Trinity, NC | HALF AN INCH OF SNOW/SLEET ON THE GROUND CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN BACK TO SLEET |
| Feb 16, 11:18 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 2 Nnw Cary, NC | CLOSE TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF SLEET IN WEST CARY |
| Feb 16, 11:25 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 3 Ese Clayton, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACUMULATION OF 0.3 INCHES. |
| Feb 16, 11:45 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 5 W Youngsville, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | |
| Feb 17, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 3 Ene Rolesville, NC | |
| Feb 17, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Rocky Mount, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 0.25 INCHES. PRECIPITATION MOSTLY SLEET. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 Nw Raleigh, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.5 INCHES. PRECIPITATION MOSTLY SLEET PAST FEW HOURS. |
| Feb 17, 12:25 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Wnw Greensboro, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1.5 INCHES. NEARLY ALL SLEET PAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH 0.5 INCHES OF SLEET IN PAST 90 MINUTES. |
| Feb 17, 12:45 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Goldsboro, NC | SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.25 INCHES. PRECIPITATION NEARLY ALL SLEET. |
| Feb 17, 12:45 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Linwood, NC | TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 INCH. |
| Feb 17, 1:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | 0.05 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN MEASURED. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948 WWUS42 KRAH 152118 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TODAY SETTING THE STAGE FOR A POSSIBLE WINTER STORM LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .ON MONDAY...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE DEEP SOUTH AND BEGIN TO TRACK TOWARD THE CAROLINAS. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY...WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ007-021>023-038-039-161200- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0002.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE... ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO NOON EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD AREA. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET RESULTING IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND SLEET COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... BLANKETS... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>010-024>026-040-041-073>076-161200- /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...CARY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO NOON EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AREA. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ICE ACCRUAL. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND SLEET COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... BLANKETS... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ083>086-161200- /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.A.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-088-089-161200- /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.A.0003.150217T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL. * TIMING...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WFO RAH
9 follow-up statements
136 WWUS42 KRAH 160959 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 459 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF A MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH A PRECEDING ARCTIC AIRMASS AND RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING CENTRAL NC...LATE TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES TODAY AND OFFSHORE THE NC BY EARLY TUESDAY. AN ASSOCIATED SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX AS A RESULT OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE PRECEDING THE STORM SYSTEM...WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN NC PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL NC THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-161800- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0003.150217T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.EXA.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO 459 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...THEN FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ083-084-161800- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.EXA.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM... HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 459 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE SNOW...OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN...AND POSSIBLY PLAIN RAIN ALONG THE SC BORDER. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A LIGHT COATING...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL RANGING FROM AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES...TO A LIGHT GLAZE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>076-161800- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY- MOORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE... ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...CARY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD 459 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AREA. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A COATING IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES...RANGING TO AROUND AN INCH OR TWO IN THE GREATER TRIANGLE...TO THREE TO FIVE INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL RANGING FROM AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 64...TO A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER MOSTLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ085-086-161800- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY 459 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A LIGHT COATING...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL RANGING FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA...TO A LIGHT GLAZE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME GLAZED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ088-089-161800- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0003.150217T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 459 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A LIGHT COATING...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL RANGING FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA...TO A LIGHT GLAZE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME ICE-COVERED...PARTICULARLY FROM FAYETTEVILLE TO CLINTON AND POINTS NORTHWARD. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY AROUND FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WFO RAH
808 WWUS42 KRAH 161205 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 705 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH A PRECEDING ARCTIC AIRMASS AND RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES... INCLUDING CENTRAL NC...LATE TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES TODAY AND OFFSHORE THE NC BY EARLY TUESDAY. AN ASSOCIATED SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX AS A RESULT OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE PRECEDING THE STORM SYSTEM...WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN NC PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL NC THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>076-083-084-162015- /O.EXT.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1400Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY- MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE... ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...CARY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 705 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AREA. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...THEN FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A COATING SOUTH OF U.S HIGHWAY 64...RANGING TO AROUND AN INCH OR SO IN THE GREATER TRIANGLE...TO THREE TO FIVE INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL RANGING FROM AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 64...TO A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WHERE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER MOSTLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-162015- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO 705 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 64...INCLUDING NASHVILLE... ENFIELD...AND ROANOKE RAPIDS...RANGING TO A COATING SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 64...INCLUDING LILLINGTON...SMITHFIELD...AND GOLDSBORO. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ085-086-088-089-162015- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 705 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A LIGHT COATING...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL RANGING FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA...TO A LIGHT GLAZE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME GLAZED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WFO RAH
571 WWUS42 KRAH 161500 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1000 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH A PRECEDING ARCTIC AIRMASS AND RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES... INCLUDING CENTRAL NC...LATE TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES TODAY AND OFFSHORE THE NC BY EARLY TUESDAY. AN ASSOCIATED SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX AS A RESULT OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE PRECEDING THE STORM SYSTEM...WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN NC PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL NC THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. NCZ007>010-021>025-038-162300- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1400Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE 1000 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN PIEDMONT... INCLUDING THE GREATER TRIAD. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE MOSTLY SNOW AND SLEET...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATES 40 AND 85...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATES 40 AND 85. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL WILL RANGE FROM A LIGHT GLAZE OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE WARNED COUNTIES...WHERE SNOW AND SLEET WILL PREDOMINATE... TO AROUND ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATES 40 AND 85...WHERE MORE FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ026-039>041-073>076-083-084-162300- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1400Z/ FRANKLIN-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON- RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...ASHEBORO... ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1000 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...SILER CITY...RALEIGH...AND LOUISBURG. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE AN INITIAL MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...THEN MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...OF SNOW AND SLEET AROUND AN INCH TO POSSIBLY TWO ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF U.S HIGHWAY 64...RANGING TO A COATING TO THE SOUTH. LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES WILL ALSO RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ042-043-077-078-162300- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 1000 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE AN INITIAL MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...THEN MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF A LIGHT COATING... FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-162300- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT 1000 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET... FOLLOWED BY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...OF SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH NEAR ROANOKE RAPIDS AND ENFIELD...TO ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH NEAR ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...AND NASHVILLE. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ085-086-088-089-162300- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1000 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...INCLUDE MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN...AFTER AN INITIAL BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RAEFORD TO FAYETTEVILLE TO CLINTON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A LIGHT COATING...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH...HIGHEST NORTH OF A LINE FROM RAEFORD TO FAYETTEVILLE TO CLINTON. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME GLAZED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOVER IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WFO RAH
158 WWUS42 KRAH 162059 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 359 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT AS A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST... NCZ007>010-021>025-038-170500- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1400Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE 359 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...TRIAD AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...SNOW TRANSITIONING TO SLEET THIS EVENING AND MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE-COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. * WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ026-039>041-073>076-083-084-170500- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1400Z/ FRANKLIN-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON- RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...ASHEBORO... ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 359 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...SILER CITY... RALEIGH...AND LOUISBURG. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW OR SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON...TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION FOLLOWED BY ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ042-043-077-078-170500- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 359 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...WILSON...HARNETT...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...BRIEF MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-170500- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT 359 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...HALIFAX...NASH AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH AND DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW AND ICE-COVERED THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ085-086-088-089-170500- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.150216T2100Z-150217T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 359 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME ICE COVERED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VINCENT
423 WWUS42 KRAH 170135 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 835 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ALONG WITH SOME SLEET EXPECTED AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES SOUTH OF OUR REGION OVERNIGHT THEN STRENGTHENS OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TUESDAY MORNING... NCZ007>010-021>025-038-171000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE 835 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...TRIAD AND FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...SNOW TRANSITIONING TO SLEET THIS EVENING AND MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO POSSIBLY TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE-COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ026-039>041-073>076-083-084-171000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ FRANKLIN-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON- RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...ASHEBORO... ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 835 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...SILER CITY... RALEIGH...AND LOUISBURG. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH A QUARTER TO POSSIBLY A HALF INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ042-043-077-078-171000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 835 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...WILSON...HARNETT...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION. ICE ACCRETION BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-171000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT 835 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...HALIFAX...NASH AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR A LITTLE MORE OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS BY THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ085-086-088-089-171000- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 835 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCRETION UP TO TWO-TENTH OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME ICE COVERED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * 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. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
650 WWUS42 KRAH 170331 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1031 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ALONG WITH SOME SLEET EXPECTED AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES SOUTH OF OUR REGION OVERNIGHT THEN STRENGTHENS OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TUESDAY MORNING... NCZ085-086-088-089-171145- /O.UPG.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.EXA.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1031 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...A QUARTER OF AN INCH ICE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME ICE COVERED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ007>010-021>025-038-171145- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE 1031 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...TRIAD AND FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...SNOW TRANSITIONING TO SLEET THIS EVENING AND MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED...BRINGING TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER. A TENTH TO POSSIBLY TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE-COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ026-039>041-073>076-083-084-171145- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ FRANKLIN-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON- RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...ASHEBORO... ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1031 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...SILER CITY... RALEIGH...AND LOUISBURG. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED BRIEFLY AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS... A QUARTER TO POSSIBLY A HALF INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ042-043-077-078-171145- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 1031 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...WILSON...HARNETT...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED BRIEFLY AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS... A QUARTER TO POSSIBLY A HALF INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-171145- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT 1031 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...HALIFAX...NASH AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED. A QUARTER TO POSSIBLY HALF INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS BY THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SAFE TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
048 WWUS42 KRAH 170819 AAC WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 319 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH PRECIPITATION CLEARING OUT FROM WEST TO EAST BY NOON... NCZ007>010-021>025-038-171400- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-DAVIDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... DURHAM...LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE 319 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...TRIAD AND FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET... MIXING AT TIMES WITH A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH... WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ026-039>041-073>076-083-084-171400- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ FRANKLIN-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON- RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...ASHEBORO... ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 319 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...SILER CITY... RALEIGH...AND LOUISBURG. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET... MIXING AT TIMES WITH A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH... WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 TO THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ042-043-077-078-171700- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO 319 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...WILSON...HARNETT...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED BRIEFLY AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-171700- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT 319 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...HALIFAX...NASH AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ085-086-088-089-171700- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 319 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...SCOTLAND...HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE GLAZING OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME ICE COVERED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
312 WWUS42 KRAH 171110 AAC WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 610 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH PRECIPITATION CLEARING OUT FROM WEST TO EAST BY NOON... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-074-171215- /O.CAN.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD 610 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED IN THIS AREA... HOWEVER ROADS REMAIN ICE COVERED... AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. $$ NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-171600- /O.EXT.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1600Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND- HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 610 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...WILSON...HARNETT...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED BRIEFLY AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND ICE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-026-040-041-075-076-083-084-171400- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE-MOORE-LEE- ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 610 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN PIEDMONT...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...SILER CITY... RALEIGH...AND LOUISBURG. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET... MIXING AT TIMES WITH A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND ICE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
433 WWUS42 KRAH 171400 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 900 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH 11 AM... .PRECIPITATION IS RAPIDLY ENDING. HOWEVER... WINTER STORM CONDITIONS REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN INTO LATE MORNING. NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-171600- /O.CAN.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0002.150217T1400Z-150217T1600Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND- HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 900 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...JOHNSTON...WILSON...HARNETT...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * PRECIPITATION TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED BRIEFLY AT TIMES WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND ICE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE SAFE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCRUAL ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * HAZARD TYPES... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF UCE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-026-040-041-075-076-083-084-171500- /O.CAN.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1400Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE-MOORE-LEE- ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 900 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CANCELATION OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HOWEVER... ALL ROADS AND INTERSTATES REMAIN ICE AND SNOW COVERED DUE TO THE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 20S. STAY OFF THE ROADS UNLESS OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ BADGETT
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 15, 3:33 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 3:33 PM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
333 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
.SYNOPSIS...ARCTIC SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...
THEN OFFSHORE TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 215 PM SUNDAY...
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE FURTHER DOWN INTO THE
AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND THEY
WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY MONDAY MORNING...
SETTING UP DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...MID/HIGH
LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF OUR NEXT SYSTEM. THESE CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED
TO RESULT IN AN ATYPICAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION..WITH THE COLDEST
TEMPS OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND NOT AS COLD FURTHER FURTHER
SOUTH AND WEST WHERE THE CLOUDS WILL COME IN FIRST. THEREFORE...AM
EXPECTING LOW TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST (MAYBE A FEW SINGLE DIGITS)
AND MID/UPPER TEENS FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 333 PM SUNDAY...
WINTER STORM POTENTIAL INCREASING FOR LATE MONDAY THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY...
MONDAY...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE REGION IN THE
MORNING. MEANWHILE A /S W INT EH CENTRAL-SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
GENERATE A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY
MONDAY MORNING. WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ADVECT MID-HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS
INTO OUR REGION MONDAY MORNING...THICKENING/LOWER BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. THIS CLOUD TREND WILL HAMPER TEMP RECOVERY DURING THE DAY
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. AFTER MORNING LOWS IN THE 10-15
DEGREE RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL ONLY
RECOVER INTO THE UPPER 20S/LOWER 30S ACROSS TEH NORTH AND LOW-MID
30S ACROSS THE SOUTH.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GETS CLOSER MONDAY AFTERNOON...LOW LEVEL
FLOW ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BACK TO A MORE SLY DIRECTION...ADVECTING
MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF. SINCE COLD AIR CANNOT HOLD AS
MUCH MOISTURE AS WARM AIR...AIR MASS WILL QUICKLY SATURATE WITH
AREAS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION BREAKING OUTR ACROSS THE WEST SHORTLY
AFTER MID DAY AND MORE SO BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON. DUE TOT HE COLD DRY
AIR MASS IN PLACE (SFC DEWPOINTS MONDAY AFTERNOON ONLY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS)...PRECIP SHOULD FALL IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW. DUE TO TE
COLD INITIAL CONDITIONS...SNOW SHOULD STICK TO ROAD SURFACES.
MONDAY NIGHT...BULK OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME
FRAME WITH MOST OF THE HEAVIER/MOST WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FALLING
BETWEEN 9 PM AND 5 AM. LOW LEVEL SLY WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTH AS
THE SFC LOW APPROACHES...INCREASING ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE/LIFT IN THIS
PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE. ALOFT...CENTRAL NC WILL BE IN THE RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION OF A 150+ JET CROSSING/EXITING OFF THE NORTHERN MID
ATLANTIC. THIS ADDED LIFT IN TANDEM WITH THE WAA AT 850MB IN THE
LOWER LEVELS SUGGEST THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION MONDAY
NIGHT.
DUE TO THERMAL PROFILES...EXPECT SWATHS OF WINTRY PRECIP ACROSS
CENTRAL NC...BASICALLY VARYING NORTH TO SOUTH. ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT INTO FAR NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN (INCLUDING THE TRIAD
REGION...ROXBORO...HENDERSON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...BULK OF PRECIP WILL
FALL AS SNOW OR SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET. OVER THE FAR SOUTH INCLUDING
WADESBORO...LAURINBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON...PRECIP WILL START
OUT AS SNOW/SLEET MIXED THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN...EVENTUALLY GOING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN.
IN BETWEEN...OR ESSENTIALLY NEAR OR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 INCLUDING
ALBEMARLE...SANFORD...RALEIGH...ROCKY MOUNT/WILSON
....PRECIP WILL START OUT AS SNOW OR SNOW/SLEET MIXED THEN
TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MIXED...AND POSSIBLY TO
MAINLY FREEZING RAIN.
AMOUNTS...EXPECT 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET ACROSS
BASICALLY THE NORTH HALF OF CENTRAL NC WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW
ACROSS THE SOUTH. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCRUAL OF AROUND A
QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN..BASICALLY SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 64/264...BUT NORTH OF A CLINTON...HOPE MILLS...WADESBORO
LINE.
IMPORTANT...THIS FORECAST BASED ON A SFC LOW TRACK FROM EASTERN
GA...THROUGH NORTHERN SC/EXTREME SE NC TO OFF THE OUTER BANKS MONDAY
EVENING-TUESDAY MORNING. IF THE SFC LOW WERE TO TRACK FARTHER
NORTH...THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRUAL WILL SHIFT NORTH INTO
THE TRIANGLE AREA AND POSSIBLY THE TRIAD. CONVERSELY...A TRACK
FARTHER SOUTH WILL SPELL MORE SNOW THAN SLEET ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT LEADING TO HIGHER SNOW TOTALS...AND A SIGNIFICANT ICE EVENT
FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK AND EXPECTED AMOUNTS/HAZARD...WILL GO
WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MOST OR THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES...AND
A WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION.
TUESDAY...BEST LIFT WILL LIFT AWAY FROM OURR EGION EARLY TUESDAY
WITH DRIER AIR OVERSPREADING TEH REGION ALOFT FROM THE SW. SHOUDL
SEE PRECIP TAPER OFF SW-NE BETWEEN 5 AM AND 10AM. IN ITS WAKE EXPECT
PARTIAL CLEARING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER S/W WILL APPROACH AND
CROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS FEATURE APPEASR MOISTURE STARVED
AT THE TIME BUT COULD SEE A FEW SNOW FLURRIES...MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTH.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 1220 PM SUNDAY...
...BRUTALLY COLD AIR TO AFFECT OUR REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY... WITH SOME MODERATION BY SUNDAY...
...PREPARE NOW FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD WITH LOWS
APPROACHING ZERO OVER THE PIEDMONT AND 10 AT FAYETTEVILLE... AND
POTENTIALLY 3 TO 5 DAYS OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES...
THE COLDEST AIR IN MANY YEARS IS EXPECTED TO SURGE INTO OUR REGION
MID TO LATE WEEK FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE EARLY WEEK STORM.
A VERY DEEP FULL LATITUDE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES IS
NOW HIGHLY LIKELY. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SURGE OF VERY
STRONG LOW LEVEL ARCTIC AIR LED BY A 1035+ SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE.
THE LEAD ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SURGE INTO OUR REGION EARLY
WEDNESDAY.
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUPPORTS
TEMPERATURES THAT MAY BE 30 OR MORE DEGREES BELOW THE MID FEBRUARY
30 YEAR AVERAGES. DAILY RECORD LOWS AND RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS SHOULD
BE BROKEN ON THE 19TH AND 20TH (THURSDAY AND FRIDAY) WHEN LOWS OF 0-
8 ARE FAVORED IN THE TRIAD TO RALEIGH AREAS... WITH HIGHS ONLY IN
THE 18-23 RANGE. LOWS IN THE FAYETTEVILLE TO GOLDSBORO AREAS SHOULD
DIP TO 10 DEGREES... AND POSSIBLY SOME SINGLE DIGITS THERE AS WELL.
THIS RECORD COLD IS EXPECTED TO CHALLENGE THE ALL TIME FEBRUARY
(MONTHLY RECORDS AS WELL). IF THERE IS SNOW COVER... LOWS COULD DIP
TO BELOW ZERO OVER PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT ON THE 19TH OR 20TH.
SOME OF THE COLDEST EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY ALL TIME IN THE
RALEIGH AREA INCLUDE 2 BELOW ZERO ON FEBRUARY 14, 1899, AND 0
DEGREES RECORDED FEBRUARY 5, 1996. I WOULD SUSPECT THAT IF THERE IS
SUBSTANTIAL SNOW ON THE GROUND THESE ALL TIME FEBRUARY RECORD LOWS
BE CHALLENGED GIVEN THE FORECAST LOW LEVEL THICKNESS AND GUIDANCE
FORECASTS FOR LATER THIS WEEK.
SOME MODERATION IS EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE MAY AFFECT OUR REGION. THIS MAY BRING ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION TYPE CONCERNS TO MAINLY OUR WEST AND NORTH PIEDMONT BY
THEN.
RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF BRUTALLY COLD
WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM SUNDAY...
THE BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH SOME...BUT GUSTS
15-25 KNOTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...MOST
NOTICEABLY ACROSS THE EASTERN TAF SITES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY INTO MONDAY MORNING AS HIGH
PRESSURE SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA. CLEAR SKIES TODAY WILL GIVE WAY
TO INCREASING MID/HIGH CLOUDS (FROM WEST TO EAST) OVERNIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY.
OUTLOOK...WIDESPREAD SUB-VFR CONDITIONS AND PRECIPITATION...
INCLUDING SOME (POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT) WINTRY...ARE EXPECTED IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORECAST TO CROSS THE
SOUTHERN US LATE MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. MOSTLY SNOW IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST (KINT/KGSO)...WHILE FURTHER SOUTH AND
EAST...MORE OF A MIX IS EXPECTED. PRECIP WILL PULL OUT OF THE AREA
TUESDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON...WITH SOME LOW CLOUDS POSSIBLY LINGERING
INTO LATE TUESDAY. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN VFR
CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
AS OF 630 AM SUNDAY...
AN EXCEPTIONALLY DRY...ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS PLUNGED INTO CENTRAL
NC...AND WILL RESULT IN SURFACE DEWPOINTS GENERALLY BETWEEN TEN
BELOW ZERO AND ZERO TODAY. ASSOCIATED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
DIP INTO THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE...AS TEMPERATURES RISE (ONLY)
INTO THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL
LINGER...RELATIVELY LONGEST (THROUGH EARLY-MID AFTERNOON) AND
STRONGEST (GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH) OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL NC.
INCREASED FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT...AND WE WILL COORDINATE ONCE
AGAIN WITH THE NC FOREST SERVICE THIS MORNING REGARDING A POSSIBLE
UPGRADE TO RED FLAG...PARTICULARLY WHERE THE COMBINATION OF CRITICAL
RH AND WIND WILL BE RELATIVELY MAXIMIZED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM OVER
THE COASTAL PLAIN/EASTERN PIEDMONT/EASTERN SANDHILLS.
&&
.CLIMATE...
THE FOLLOWING ARE TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 15 AND 16:
RECORD LOWS
GSO RDU FAY
FEBRUARY 15: 6 IN 1943 6 IN 1899 12 IN 1943
FEBRUARY 16: 8 IN 1905 11 IN 1905 17 IN 1991
RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS
GSO RDU FAY
FEBRUARY 15: 28 IN 1943 29 IN 1943 36 IN 1965
&&
.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING FOR NCZ007-021>023-038-039.
&&
SYNOPSIS...BADGETT
NEAR TERM...KRD
SHORT TERM...WSS
LONG TERM...BADGETT
AVIATION...KRD
CLIMATE...RAHHazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 4:18 PM EST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>076-162130- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY- MOORE-LEE- 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO NOON EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. IN ADDITION... PLAN NOW FOR THE EXPECTED BRUTALLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOWS OF 0 TO 5 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-088-089-162130- HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND- SAMPSON- 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION... PLAN NOW FOR THE EXPECTED BRUTALLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOWS NEAR 10 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. NCZ083>086-162130- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- 418 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION... PLAN NOW FOR THE EXPECTED BRUTALLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOWS 5 TO NEAR 10 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Person, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:18 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 7 more | 13 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.