Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 21, 2016, 4:52 AM EST for 27 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 42 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 27 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham 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, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 5:56 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Ene Piedmont Triad Ai, NC | HORSEPEN CREEK ROAD NEAR NEW GARDEN ROAD. |
| Jan 22, 6:03 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Lexington, NC | RELAYED FROM TRIAD MEDIA |
| Jan 22, 6:46 AM EST | SLEET 0.1 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | SLEET AND SNOW MIXED... STARTING TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 22, 6:48 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 1 Wsw Carpenter, NC | SNOW AND SLEET MIXED. |
| Jan 22, 6:55 AM EST | SLEET 0.1 | 2 Sw Apex, NC | MIXTURE SNOW/SLEET... NOW FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OCCURRING. |
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Lewisville, NC | RELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Jan 22, 7:03 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 3 N Cumnock, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:03 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 7 Wsw Purnell, NC | MIXTURE OF SNOW/SLEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 22, 7:05 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Badin, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:07 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Siler City, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:16 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | 3 W Louisburg, NC | SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 22, 7:21 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:24 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Arcadia, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 AM EST | SLEET 0.1 | 3 Ene Rolesville, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 N Haw River, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 5 Sse Stanfield, NC | |
| Jan 22, 7:49 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 5 N Roxboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 4 Nne Raleigh, NC | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.4 | 2 Ene Cedar Grove, NC | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 8 Wnw Cary, NC | SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.9 | Greensboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 Nw Browns Summit, NC | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 4 N Lewisville, NC | SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 6 W Winston-Salem, NC | |
| Jan 22, 8:05 AM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 3 Sse Garner, NC | SNOW DEPTH. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN |
| Jan 22, 8:40 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Roxboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 8:48 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 Ssw Bethel Hill, NC | |
| Jan 22, 9:07 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 S Asheboro, NC | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING |
| Jan 22, 9:28 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 5 Wsw Falls Lake, NC | SLEET |
| Jan 22, 9:28 AM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 5 Wsw Falls Lake, NC | SNOW DEPTH. SLEET |
| Jan 22, 9:30 AM EST | SLEET 0.1 | 5 E Oakboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 9:30 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 5 E Oakboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 9:35 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Ese Piedmont Triad Ai, NC | |
| Jan 22, 9:36 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Asheboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 9:52 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | 5 N Roxboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 10:13 AM EST | SLEET 0.2 | 2 Sw Apex, NC | |
| Jan 22, 10:20 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Nne Stovall, NC | SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 22, 11:06 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 4 Nnw Roxboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 11:45 AM EST | SNOW 1.2 | Pinehurst, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 22, 1:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Ese Wade, NC | SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN... MAINLY PINE. POWER OUT FOR 3 HOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. |
| Jan 22, 1:13 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Roxboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 1:15 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Se Bethel Hill, NC | |
| Jan 22, 1:16 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 6 W Falls Lake, NC | |
| Jan 22, 1:47 PM EST | SNOW 1.2 | 2 N Efland, NC | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 22, 1:58 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Ese Clayton, NC | |
| Jan 22, 2:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 N Carrboro, NC | |
| Jan 22, 2:03 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Sse Garner, NC | CONESTOGA CIRCLE AND INDIAN CREEK TRAIL |
| Jan 22, 3:00 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 2 Ssw Morrisville, NC | 1 INCH OF SLEET TOPPED WITH A GLAZE OF ICE |
| Jan 22, 3:15 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 6 Ene Bethel Hill, NC | SNOW MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET |
| Jan 22, 3:31 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Nnw Fuquay-Varina, NC | A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUM ON TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. TREES BECOMING WEIGHED DOWN. |
| Jan 22, 3:31 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Sw Morrisville, NC | ACCUMULATION IS MOSTLY SLEET... WITH SOME SNOW MIXED IN. |
| Jan 22, 3:34 PM EST | SNOW 0.9 | 2 Sw Apex, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS 9/10 INCH SLEET TOPPED WITH 1/10 INCH ICE |
| Jan 22, 3:42 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 5 Wnw Coats Crossroads, NC | ICE MEASURING JUST UNDER A QUARTER INCH ON TREE LIMBS |
| Jan 22, 3:45 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREE LIMBS. |
| Jan 22, 3:45 PM EST | SNOW 0.6 | 4 Sw Raleigh, NC | ACCUMULATION OF SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Jan 22, 3:56 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.19 | 4 Nne Clayton, NC | 3/16 INCH OF ICE MEASURED ON FLAT SURFACES AND BRANCHES... BROKEN BRANCHES IN THE YARD |
| Jan 22, 4:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Carthage, NC | ABOUT AN INCH OF SLEET/SNOW ON THE GROUND... TREE BRANCHES COATED WITH ABOUT A TENTH OF AN INCH ICE. FEW IF ANY TREE BRANCHES DOWN IN CARTHAGE... A FEW TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN IN PINEHURST. |
| Jan 22, 4:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.19 | 2 Se Cary, NC | MEASURED ON MOST SURFACES. ACCRUAL IS MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN. |
| Jan 22, 4:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Laurinburg, NC | SLEET ON THE GROUND... A SOLID QUARTER OF AN INCH ICE COATING IN THE TREES... HAVE BEEN REMOVING LOTS OF TREES AND TREE BRANCHES FROM ROADWAYS. |
| Jan 22, 4:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 3 Nne Bonnie Doone, NC | REPORT FROM SIMMONS ARMY AIRFIELD WEATHER GROUP... JUST A TRACE OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
496 WWUS42 KRAH 210952 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 452 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 .MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-212200- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 452 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION ALONG WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF US-64. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL START LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THEN SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY. THERE SHOULD BE MORE SNOW AND SLEET TO THE NORTHWEST... AND MORE FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN ALL AREAS. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE WINDS ALONG WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE... MAY INCREASE THE DAMAGE TO TIMBER AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-026-040-041-073>076-083-084-212200- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 452 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED EARLY FRIDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THEN... THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE EASTERN PIEDMONT. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE ICE TO RAIN IN AREAS FROM HENDERSON TO THE TRIANGLE AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE WINDS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE... MAY INCREASE THE DAMAGE TO TIMBER AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-212200- /O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RED OAK... SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON 452 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE WINTRY MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ALL RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. 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. && $$ NCZ078-085-086-088-089-212200- /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD... ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 452 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE WINTRY MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ALL RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
12 follow-up statements
869 WWUS42 KRAH 211544 AAA WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1044 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 .MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-212000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 1044 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION ALONG WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF US- 64. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL START LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THEN SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY. THERE SHOULD BE MORE SNOW AND SLEET TO THE NORTHWEST... AND MORE FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN ALL AREAS. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE WINDS ALONG WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE... MAY INCREASE THE DAMAGE TO TIMBER AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-026-040-041-073>076-083-084-212000- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1044 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED EARLY FRIDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THEN... THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE EASTERN PIEDMONT. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE ICE TO RAIN IN AREAS FROM HENDERSON TO THE TRIANGLE AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE WINDS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE... MAY INCREASE THE DAMAGE TO TIMBER AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089-212000- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ 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 1044 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE WINTRY MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ALL RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. 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. && $$
985 WWUS42 KRAH 212027 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 327 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 .MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... NCZ027-042-085-086-088-220500- /O.UPG.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ NASH-JOHNSTON-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 327 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN BRIEFLY AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER-LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ NCZ011-077-220500- /O.UPG.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ HALIFAX-HARNETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DUNN...ERWIN... ANGIER...LILLINGTON 327 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER-LINES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-220500- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY 327 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION ALONG WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION... 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF US- 64. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL START LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THEN SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY. THERE SHOULD BE MORE SNOW AND SLEET TO THE NORTHWEST... AND MORE FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN ALL AREAS. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER-LINES.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>010-025-026-040-041-073>076-083-084-220500- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY- MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES... PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...WADESBORO... POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 327 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FRIDAY EVENING. THERE SHOULD BE MORE SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE NORTH. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED EARLY FRIDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THEN... THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE EASTERN PIEDMONT. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE ICE TO RAIN IN AREAS FROM HENDERSON TO THE TRIANGLE AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-089-220500- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... CLINTON 327 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
046 WWUS42 KRAH 220332 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1032 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 .MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-221200- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 1032 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION ALONG WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF US- 64. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL START LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THEN SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY. THERE SHOULD BE MORE SNOW AND SLEET TO THE NORTHWEST... AND MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN ALL AREAS. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>011-025-026-040-041-073>077-083-084-221200- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH... CARY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1032 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FRIDAY EVENING. THERE SHOULD BE MORE SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE NORTH. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED EARLY FRIDAY CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THEN... THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SOME WARMING MAY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE EASTERN PIEDMONT. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE ICE TO RAIN IN AREAS FROM HENDERSON TO THE TRIANGLE AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ027-042-085-086-088-221200- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ NASH-JOHNSTON-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 1032 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST FRIDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN BRIEFLY AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 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. 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. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-089-221200- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T0500Z-160122T2300Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... CLINTON 1032 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST FRIDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OR TWO OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE 30S AND THE RAIN FALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
593 WWUS42 KRAH 220856 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 356 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 .MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-222100- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 356 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION ALONG WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH LEXINGTON AND ASHEBORO. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING WITH THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND/OR SLEET...WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL IS EXPECTED BY LATER THIS MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIAD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>011-025-026-040-041-073>077-083-084-222100- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH... CARY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 356 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS NORTH OF RALEIGH NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT SHOULD TOTAL AN INCH OR LESS. ICE ACCRUAL SHOULD TOTAL A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED THIS MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ027-042-085-086-088-222100- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2300Z/ NASH-JOHNSTON-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 356 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN BRIEFLY AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING THEN QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLICK LATER THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-089-222100- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T2300Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... CLINTON 356 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING THEN QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
172 WWUS42 KRAH 221443 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 943 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 .MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-222200- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 943 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION ALONG WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH LEXINGTON AND ASHEBORO. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING WITH THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND/OR SLEET...WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK... CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL IS EXPECTED BY LATER THIS MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIAD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>011-025-026-040-041-073>077-083-084-222200- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH... CARY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 943 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED THIS MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ027-042-085-086-088-222200- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2300Z/ NASH-JOHNSTON-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 943 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLICK LATER THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-089-222200- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T2300Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... CLINTON 943 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
611 WWUS42 KRAH 222047 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 347 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY... NCZ027-042-230930- /O.EXT.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ NASH-JOHNSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON 347 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICE COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ NCZ085-086-088-230930- /O.EXB.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160122T2300Z-160123T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2300Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 347 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SATURDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK...ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...CREATING AREAS OF BLACK ICE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-230930- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 347 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION ALONG WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH LEXINGTON AND ASHEBORO. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THIS EVENING...BRIEFLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK... CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIAD TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>011-025-026-040-041-073>077-083-084-230930- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH... CARY...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 347 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICE COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-089-230930- /O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... CLINTON 347 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK...ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...CREATING AREAS OF BLACK ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
072 WWUS42 KRAH 222306 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 606 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY... NCZ085-086-088-230930- /O.EXP.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160122T2300Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T1700Z/ SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH... SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 606 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK...ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...CREATING AREAS OF BLACK ICE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-230930- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 606 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD REGION... ALONG WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH LEXINGTON AND ASHEBORO. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THIS EVENING...BRIEFLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW OR SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK... CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIAD TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>011-025>027-040>042-073>077-083-084-230930- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 606 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICE COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-089-230930- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... CLINTON 606 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK...ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...CREATING AREAS OF BLACK ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
980 WWUS42 KRAH 230229 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 929 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-231030- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 929 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...INCLUDING THE TRIAD REGION... ALONG WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE TRIAD REGION...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85/40 CORRIDOR... AND ALONG HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH LEXINGTON AND ASHEBORO. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THIS EVENING...BRIEFLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW OR SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLICK... CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE... ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIAD TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ008>011-025>027-040>042-073>077-083-084-231030- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 929 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICE COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST. PLAN TO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE AND HOME IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-085-086-088-089-231030- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE... CLINTON 929 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK...ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...CREATING AREAS OF BLACK ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
137 WWUS42 KRAH 230956 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 456 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-231800- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ 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 456 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * PRECIPITATION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE TRIAD...TRIANGLE AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. FOLLOWING A LULL IN ACTIVITY LATE THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG WITH AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF WEATHER RELATED INJURIES...FATALITIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID TRAVEL...STAY INDOORS...AND BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. && $$ NCZ008>011-025>027-040>042-073>077-083-084-231800- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 456 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * PRECIPITATION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE TRIAD...TRIANGLE AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. FOLLOWING A LULL IN ACTIVITY LATE THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL READILY DOWN SNOW AND ICE COVERED TREES AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES... ESPECIALLY IN THE TRIANGLE WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURRED YESTERDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF WEATHER RELATED INJURIES...FATALITIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID TRAVEL...STAY INDOORS...AND BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. && $$ NCZ028-043-078-085-086-088-089-231700- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON...GOLDSBORO... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE... CLINTON 456 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * ACCUMULATION...A DUSTING OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING...AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SLICK SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS...AND AN ENHANCED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VINCENT
983 WWUS42 KRAH 231009 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 509 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DOWN SNOW AND ICE COVERED TREES AND RESULT IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR TODAY... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-231800- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY 509 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * PRECIPITATION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE TRIAD...TRIANGLE AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG WITH AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF WEATHER RELATED INJURIES...FATALITIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID TRAVEL...STAY INDOORS...AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ NCZ008>011-025>027-040>042-073>077-083-084-231800- /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 509 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * PRECIPITATION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE TRIAD...TRIANGLE AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL READILY DOWN SNOW AND ICE COVERED TREES AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES... ESPECIALLY IN THE TRIANGLE WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURRED YESTERDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF WEATHER RELATED INJURIES...FATALITIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID TRAVEL...STAY INDOORS...AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ NCZ028-043-231800- /O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 509 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * PRECIPITATION...A DUSTING OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ078-085-086-088-089-231700- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T1700Z/ WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD... ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 509 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * PRECIPITATION...A DUSTING OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VINCENT
035 WWUS42 KRAH 231711 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1211 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DOWN SNOW AND ICE COVERED TREES AND RESULT IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR TODAY... NCZ078-085-086-088-089-240045- /O.EXP.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.160123T2300Z-160124T1700Z/ WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD... ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1211 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY FALL INTO THE 20S....BOTTOMING OUT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLACK ICE. * HAZARD TYPES...SIDEWALKS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND EXIT RAMPS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. && $$ NCZ008>011-025>027-040>042-073>077-083-084-240045- /O.EXB.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160123T2300Z-160124T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM... LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON...NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG... SPRING HOPE...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY... SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...BENSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 1211 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY FALL INTO THE 20S....BOTTOMING OUT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLACK ICE. * HAZARD TYPES...SIDEWALKS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND EXIT RAMPS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. && $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-240045- /O.EXB.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.160123T2300Z-160124T1700Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY 1211 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY FALL INTO THE 20S....BOTTOMING OUT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLACK ICE. * HAZARD TYPES...SIDEWALKS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND EXIT RAMPS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. && $$ NCZ028-043-240045- /O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160124T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 1211 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SPORADIC GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY FALL INTO THE 20S....BOTTOMING OUT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLACK ICE. * HAZARD TYPES...SIDEWALKS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND EXIT RAMPS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. && $$
338 WWUS42 KRAH 232314 WSWRAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 614 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT... NCZ007>011-021>027-038>042-073>077-083-084-240930- /O.EXP.KRAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T2300Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160124T1700Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON... NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...LEXINGTON... THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY...SILER CITY... PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA... BENSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD... SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD... DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...POLKTON... ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM 614 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * IMPACTS...RESIDUAL WATER AND SLUSH ON ROADWAYS WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT...CREATING A COATING OF ICE AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SIDEWALKS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND EXIT RAMPS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FORM THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ078-085-086-088-089-240930- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160124T1700Z/ WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD... ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 614 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... * IMPACTS...RESIDUAL WATER AND SLUSH ON ROADWAYS WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT...CREATING A COATING OF ICE AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SIDEWALKS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND EXIT RAMPS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FORM THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NCZ028-043-240930- /O.CON.KRAH.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160124T1700Z/ EDGECOMBE-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...WILSON 614 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... * IMPACTS...RESIDUAL WATER AND SLUSH ON ROADWAYS WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT...CREATING A COATING OF ICE AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SIDEWALKS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND EXIT RAMPS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FORM THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL REFREEZE AND CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 21, 4:46 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 4:46 AM EST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 446 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 .SYNOPSIS...COLD HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS INTO OUR REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY...AND MOVE OVER THE COASTAL CAROLINAS ON FRIDAY. THE STORM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT PUSHES OFFSHORE...AND UP THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA OVER THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 359 AM THURSDAY... TODAY WE ARE WATCHING THE CRITICAL PARENT COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AS IT BUILDS DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND PA. THE HIGH PRESSURE IS OF ARCTIC ORIGIN AND IS PLENTY STRONG (1030+ MB) AND APPEARS THAT IT WILL BE IN A FAVORED POSITION TO DELIVER PLENTY OF DRY AND COLD SURFACE AIR TO SUPPORT THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL COLD AIR DAMMING FOR OUR UPCOMING PRECIPITATION EVENT. THE AIR MASS COMING IN SHOULD FEATURE DEW POINTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WITH ACTUAL AIR TEMPS PLENTY COLD ENOUGH 20S AND 30S FEEDING DOWN INTO OUR REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. TODAY WILL BE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH THE NORTHERLY CAA AT 10 MPH. HIGHS GENERALLY LOWER TO MID 40S. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 430 AM THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NC WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6PM SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THE I-95 CORRIDOR EAST FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6PM ON FRIDAY... ...POTENTIAL FOR A MORE SIGNIFICANT AND PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN GROWING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN PIEDMONT... CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE MID ATLANTIC LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. CENTRAL NC WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE THIS STORM WITH IMPACTS AND ACCUMULATIONS VARYING GREATLY FROM THE TRIAD EAST AND SOUTHEAST. LATEST NWP GUIDANCE HAS NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE LARGER SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN AND EVOLUTION. HOWEVER...AS WITH MOST WINTER STORMS...THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AND THESE DETAILS ARE DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE WITH CONFIDENCE AND SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE A COMPOUNDING EFFECT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER AND IMPACT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT TOWARD MIDNIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE TRIAD BETWEEN 12 AND 4AM AND THE TRIANGLE BETWEEN 2 AND 6AM. THE INITIAL SURGE WILL LIKELY BE MORE NORTHEAST MEANING THE PRECIPITATION ONSET TIMES IN THE COASTAL PLAIN MAY BE AFTER SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS JUST PRIOR TO ONSET...EXCEPT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WHERE COOLING FROM DIABATIC PROCESSES WILL TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO TO FALL BELOW FREEZING. INITIAL PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL RANGE FROM MOSTLY SNOW IN THE TRIAD TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IN THE TRIANGLE TO A WINTRY MIX ACROSS THE SOUTH. THE ARRIVAL OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION JUST PRIOR TO OR DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NC FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION RATES AND INTENSITY WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS AND THE SOUTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES. THE INCREASING LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL NOT ONLY INCREASE MOISTURE AND LIFT BUT ALSO DRIVE WARM ABOVE FREEZING AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INTO THE EASTERN PIEDMONT CHANGING AN INITIAL SURGE OF SNOW AND SLEET TO MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WITH ADDITIONAL WARMING IN THE COASTAL PLAIN CHANGING THE PTYPE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN TOWARD MIDDAY. ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE TRIAD...THE SNOW WILL HOLD FOR MUCH OF THE DAY RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF I-40. STRONG COLD AIR DAMMING SUPPORTED BY WET BULB TEMPERATURES THAT ARE TRENDING EVEN COLDER WILL ALLOW THE COLD AIR DAMMING TO PERSIST WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN NEAR AND WEST OF U.S. ROUTE 1. SURFACE WARMING WILL PENETRATE NORTH AND WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE FREEZING/MELTING POINT THE TRIANGLE AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT BY DARK CUTTING OFF ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. ITS WORTH NOTING THAT SOME GUIDANCE...INCLUDING THE ECMWF...KEEP BOUNDARY LAYERS TEMPS SUBFREEZING INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN WESTERN PARTS OF THE TRIANGLE RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS. DEEP MOISTURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE DRY SLOT MOVES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NC CUTTING BACK ON PRECIPITATION INTENSITY AND THE AMOUNT OF ICE IN THE CLOUDS. THIS SHOULD REDUCE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE TRIAD AND LARGELY RESULT IN AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE IN MOST LOCATIONS WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE HOLDING ON IN THE TRIAD FOR THE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER ON SATURDAY AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM. THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR SOUTH THIS PRECIPITATION WILL EXTEND AND THE INTENSITY OF THIS FEATURE. FOR NOW WILL INCLUDE A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS WITH A GENERAL INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL SNOW POSSIBLE NORTH OF U.S. 64...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE VA BORDER. OUTSIDE THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT WHERE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT SNOW MAY FALL...THE BIG IMPACT FROM THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO BE FREEZING RAIN. A CORRIDOR OF BETWEEN 0.25 AND PERHAPS 0.5 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE FROM NEAR ROXBORO SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON TO ASHEBORO. THERE SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW FAR EAST THESE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE TRIANGLE WHERE AT LEAST 0.25 INCHES IS EXPECTED AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT NEAR WADESBORO AND ROCKINGHAM. IF THE TREND FOR A COLDER AIR MASS CONTINUES...THE FREEZING RAIN TOTALS IN THESE LOCATIONS WILL INCREASE. FURTHER EAST...SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED IN THE COASTAL PLAIN ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATION IN OUR CWA IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN FORSYTH AND NW GUILFORD COUNTIES...WHERE 6-10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND TRIAD. ACROSS THE TRIANGLE AREA...THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING HENDERSON AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING ABELMARLE...SNOW AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF SLEET IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WITH SOME LOCATIONS APPROACHING 4 INCHES. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 410 AM THURSDAY... THE POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST SATURDAY NIGHT... WITH PERHAPS A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHEAST/EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC. SKIES WILL CLEAR ON SUNDAY... WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 40S... AFTER MORNING LOWS RANGING FROM THE LOWER TO MID 20S NW TO NEAR 30 E. S/W RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH CONTINUED DRY WEATHER AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFFSHORE. EXPECT LOW TEMPS MONDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20S... WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY AND MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO STALL ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 410 AM THURSDAY... THE POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST SATURDAY NIGHT... WITH PERHAPS A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHEAST/EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC. SKIES WILL CLEAR ON SUNDAY... WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 40S... AFTER MORNING LOWS RANGING FROM THE LOWER TO MID 20S NW TO NEAR 30 E. S/W RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH CONTINUED DRY WEATHER AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFFSHORE. EXPECT LOW TEMPS MONDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20S... WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY AND MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO STALL ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC. && .AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1250 AM THURSDAY... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND MUCH OF TONIGHT. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTH AND WEST PART OF NC LATE TONIGHT... THEN ALL AREAS FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM THE SW TONIGHT... AS A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVERSPREADS THE AREA. PRECIP TYPES WILL RANGE FROM MAINLY SNOW AT KGSO/KINT...TO A WINTRY MIX AT KRDU AND A MIX CHANGING TO MAINLY RAIN AT KFAY/KRWI BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...LOW CIGS AND VSBYS WILL DOMINATE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING THE LOW PRESSURE. SUB- VFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-078-085-086-088-089. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>076-083-084. && SYNOPSIS...BLAES NEAR TERM...BADGETT SHORT TERM...BLAES LONG TERM...7 AVIATION...BADGETT/22
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 5:34 PM EST, 11 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 534 PM EST WED JAN 20 2016 NCZ007>011-021>027-038>041-212245- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- 534 PM EST WED JAN 20 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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. A DUSTING TO JUST UNDER ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE AND MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH TO THE CAROLINA COAST ON FRIDAY...THEN RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...AND PREPARE NOW FOR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ028-042-043-073>077-083-084-212245- EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND- 534 PM EST WED JAN 20 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH TO THE CAROLINA COAST ON FRIDAY...THEN RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...AND PREPARE NOW FOR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ078-085-086-088-089-212245- WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 534 PM EST WED JAN 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH TO THE CAROLINA COAST ON FRIDAY...THEN RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...AND PREPARE NOW FOR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 3 days |
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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.