URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1259 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013
..A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...
A FAST MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WITH VERY COLD AIR IN
PLACE... MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WILL RESULT IN A
PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION....MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET...ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE LIGHT WINTRY
MIXTURE WILL LIKELY END AS AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS
EVENING.
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WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...
RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...
SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...
ROCKINGHAM
1259 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW.
PRECIPITATION WILL END AS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH UP TO 0.15 OF
AN INCH OF ICING...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 64 CORRIDOR.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... GENERALLY A HALF TO ONE INCH.
HIGHER SNOW SLEET AMOUNTS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM.
* IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL LEAD TO SLICK ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... CREATING HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPOSED OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS
VEHICLES... TREES... AND POWER LINES WILL GAIN A THIN COATING OF
ICE. PARKING LOTS... SIDEWALKS... AND STEPS LEADING TO BUILDINGS
WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. WITH SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING... SLICK ROADWAYS WILL
NOT IMPROVE UNTIL NOON OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES LEADING UP TO THE EVENT
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE DURING THE EVENT. HIGHS MAY REACH NEAR
FREEZING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION STARTS...
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 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.
