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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 21, 201627 counties in North Carolina

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.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 22, 5:56 AM ESTSNOW 0.54 Ene Piedmont Triad Ai, NCHORSEPEN CREEK ROAD NEAR NEW GARDEN ROAD.
Jan 22, 6:03 AM ESTSNOW 0.5Lexington, NCRELAYED FROM TRIAD MEDIA
Jan 22, 6:46 AM ESTSLEET 0.14 Sw Raleigh, NCSLEET AND SNOW MIXED... STARTING TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN.
Jan 22, 6:48 AM ESTSNOW 0.31 Wsw Carpenter, NCSNOW AND SLEET MIXED.
Jan 22, 6:55 AM ESTSLEET 0.12 Sw Apex, NCMIXTURE SNOW/SLEET... NOW FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OCCURRING.
Jan 22, 7:00 AM ESTSNOW 2Lewisville, NCRELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA.
Jan 22, 7:03 AM ESTSNOW 0.23 N Cumnock, NC
Jan 22, 7:03 AM ESTSNOW 0.27 Wsw Purnell, NCMIXTURE OF SNOW/SLEET ON THE GROUND.
Jan 22, 7:05 AM ESTSNOW 0.3Badin, NC
Jan 22, 7:07 AM ESTSNOW 0.5Siler City, NC
Jan 22, 7:16 AM ESTSNOW 0.33 W Louisburg, NCSNOW DEPTH.
Jan 22, 7:21 AM ESTSNOW 2Greensboro, NC
Jan 22, 7:24 AM ESTSNOW 1.5Arcadia, NC
Jan 22, 7:30 AM ESTSLEET 0.13 Ene Rolesville, NC
Jan 22, 7:30 AM ESTSNOW 0.53 N Haw River, NC
Jan 22, 7:30 AM ESTSNOW 0.85 Sse Stanfield, NC
Jan 22, 7:49 AM ESTSNOW 1.55 N Roxboro, NC
Jan 22, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 0.24 Nne Raleigh, NC
Jan 22, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 0.42 Ene Cedar Grove, NC
Jan 22, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 0.58 Wnw Cary, NCSNOW DEPTH.
Jan 22, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 0.9Greensboro, NC
Jan 22, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 1.83 Nw Browns Summit, NC
Jan 22, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 24 N Lewisville, NCSNOW DEPTH.
Jan 22, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 2.56 W Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 22, 8:05 AM ESTSNOW 0.13 Sse Garner, NCSNOW DEPTH. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN
Jan 22, 8:40 AM ESTSNOW 1Roxboro, NC
Jan 22, 8:48 AM ESTSNOW 21 Ssw Bethel Hill, NC
Jan 22, 9:07 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.11 S Asheboro, NCMODERATE FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING
Jan 22, 9:28 AM ESTSNOW 0.25 Wsw Falls Lake, NCSLEET
Jan 22, 9:28 AM ESTSNOW 0.25 Wsw Falls Lake, NCSNOW DEPTH. SLEET
Jan 22, 9:30 AM ESTSLEET 0.15 E Oakboro, NC
Jan 22, 9:30 AM ESTSNOW 0.85 E Oakboro, NC
Jan 22, 9:35 AM ESTSNOW 11 Ese Piedmont Triad Ai, NC
Jan 22, 9:36 AM ESTSNOW 1Asheboro, NC
Jan 22, 9:52 AM ESTSNOW 2.25 N Roxboro, NC
Jan 22, 10:13 AM ESTSLEET 0.22 Sw Apex, NC
Jan 22, 10:20 AM ESTSNOW 2.53 Nne Stovall, NCSNOW DEPTH.
Jan 22, 11:06 AM ESTSNOW 34 Nnw Roxboro, NC
Jan 22, 11:45 AM ESTSNOW 1.2Pinehurst, NCSNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION
Jan 22, 1:00 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.252 Ese Wade, NCSEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN... MAINLY PINE. POWER OUT FOR 3 HOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Jan 22, 1:13 PM ESTSNOW 3Roxboro, NC
Jan 22, 1:15 PM ESTSNOW 4.52 Se Bethel Hill, NC
Jan 22, 1:16 PM ESTSLEET 0.56 W Falls Lake, NC
Jan 22, 1:47 PM ESTSNOW 1.22 N Efland, NCSNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION
Jan 22, 1:58 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.253 Ese Clayton, NC
Jan 22, 2:00 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.253 N Carrboro, NC
Jan 22, 2:03 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.253 Sse Garner, NCCONESTOGA CIRCLE AND INDIAN CREEK TRAIL
Jan 22, 3:00 PM ESTSNOW 12 Ssw Morrisville, NC1 INCH OF SLEET TOPPED WITH A GLAZE OF ICE
Jan 22, 3:15 PM ESTSNOW 5.56 Ene Bethel Hill, NCSNOW MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET
Jan 22, 3:31 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.252 Nnw Fuquay-Varina, NCA QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUM ON TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. TREES BECOMING WEIGHED DOWN.
Jan 22, 3:31 PM ESTSNOW 11 Sw Morrisville, NCACCUMULATION IS MOSTLY SLEET... WITH SOME SNOW MIXED IN.
Jan 22, 3:34 PM ESTSNOW 0.92 Sw Apex, NCSPOTTER REPORTS 9/10 INCH SLEET TOPPED WITH 1/10 INCH ICE
Jan 22, 3:42 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25 Wnw Coats Crossroads, NCICE MEASURING JUST UNDER A QUARTER INCH ON TREE LIMBS
Jan 22, 3:45 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.134 Sw Raleigh, NCFREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL ON TREE LIMBS.
Jan 22, 3:45 PM ESTSNOW 0.64 Sw Raleigh, NCACCUMULATION OF SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ON ELEVATED SURFACES.
Jan 22, 3:56 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.194 Nne Clayton, NC3/16 INCH OF ICE MEASURED ON FLAT SURFACES AND BRANCHES... BROKEN BRANCHES IN THE YARD
Jan 22, 4:00 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Carthage, NCABOUT 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 ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.192 Se Cary, NCMEASURED ON MOST SURFACES. ACCRUAL IS MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN.
Jan 22, 4:00 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Laurinburg, NCSLEET 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 ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.33 Nne Bonnie Doone, NCREPORT 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 4:52 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more3 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Every winter storm warning in 2016

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.