...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE... SMITHFIELD...CLINTON... GOLDSBORO...WILSON...AND ROCKY MOUNT. * ACCUMULATION...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...AND EARLIER SLEET...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN SANDHILLS AND AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...WHILE HIGHER ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER WILSON...EDGECOMBE...AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 5 AM. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 701...HIGHWAY 64... HIGHWAY 264...AND HIGHWAY 401. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && #ncwx
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:18:04 +0000
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