..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS...A LARGE PART OF THE PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN
COASTAL PLAIN INCLUDING THE TRIAD...THE TRIANGLE AND ROCKY MOUNT
* HAZARD TYPES...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW
THIS EVENING. THIS TRANSITION WILL OCCUR WEST-TO-EAST ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
* TIMING...THE CHANGEOVER IS EXPECTED IN THE TRIAD REGION EARLY
THIS EVENING...REACHING THE TRIANGLE AREA BY MID TO LATE
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH WEST TO EAST AFTER 1 AM...ENDING
IN THE EAST BY 4 AM.
* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL QUICKLY
LEAD TO AN ACCUMULATION ON GRASSY SURFACES. DUE TO THE WARM
PAVEMENT AND THE RAIN EXPECTED PRIOR TO CHANGEOVER...MOST ROADS
WILL INITIALLY REMAIN WET BUT MAY BECOME VERY SLUSHY...ESPECIALLY
WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES OCCUR. TEMPERATURES NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL LEAD TO
ROADS QUICKLY BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS....ESPECIALLY WEST OF
THE TRIANGLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS THROUGH MOST OF
FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S TO THE LOWER 50S TODAY
WILL QUICKLY FALL INTO THE 30S THIS EVENING...AND TO NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF
MILE IN SNOW AND FOG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
