Winter Weather Alert! Jan 9 2011

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
313 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011

..SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR REGION MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY...

WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST MONDAY NIGHT.
THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST ON TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY INTO MONDAY
EVENING...GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING.

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STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...
WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD
313 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011

..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM
EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM
EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED: THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INCLUDING WADESBORO...
  ALBEMARLE... ROCKINGHAM... TROY... SOUTHERN PINES... RAEFORD...
  LAURINBURG AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
  SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AS EARLY AS AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT...WITH
  FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING.

* ACCUMULATION: AROUND THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY
  AND MONDAY EVENING ACROSS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY
  HEAVIER AMOUNTS. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH INCH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING
  INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW MAY BEGIN AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY IN THE WADESBORO
  AREA AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST DURING THE MORNING. THE
  TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR MONDAY
  EVENING...WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY
  NIGHT. A LIGHT DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING WILL END THE
  PRECIPITATION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE
  FREEZING.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOWFALL ON
  MONDAY...WITH HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS AT THIS TIME ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND ONE TENTH
  INCH... WHICH MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

* TEMPERATURES: MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO MOSTLY BE IN
  THE UPPER 20S BEFORE APPROACHING FREEZING MONDAY AFTERNOON.
  TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 20S MONDAY NIGHT... AND RISE
  INTO THE MID 30S TUESDAY.

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