URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1042 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011
..WINTER STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS OUR REGION INTO
TUESDAY...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST UP THE SOUTHEAST AND
MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIXTURE OF
SNOW AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT.
AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO 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
1042 PM EST MON JAN 10 2011
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPES: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SOME LIGHT
SLEET OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO FREEZING
DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
AROUND A TRACE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE EIGHT TO ONE QUARTER INCH.
* TIMING: SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL TAPER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS. SOME POWER OUTAGES
MAY OCCUR. ONLY SLOW IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE
LINGERING COLD CONDITIONS AFTER THE EVENT.
* TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S
TO AROUND 30 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES
WILL SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY 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.
