Winter Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... ...SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ON TUESDAY... .COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL LOWER WIND CHILL VALUES TO AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST EARLY TUESDAY...SPREADING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST THE FARTHER EAST ONE GOES. GAZ029-NCZ082-SCZ011>014-019-280500- /O.COR.KGSP.WS.W.0004.140128T1700Z-140129T1400Z/ ELBERT-UNION NC-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...MONROE...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 348 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...UNION COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA AND ELBERT COUNTY GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING AROUND NOON ON TUESDAY...BECOMING HEAVIER INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AS WELL AS ANY DAMAGE TO TREES OR STRUCTURES...BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 356 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN A WARM DAY...TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH COLDER BEHIND THE FRONT. THE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S THAT WERE IN TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST BY MORNING AND LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE OFFSHORE LOW WILL PUSH MOISTURE INLAND AND THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR SHOULD RESULT IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION. CONFIDENCE FOR REACHING WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA HAS INCREASED TO 80 PERCENT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 281230- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 356 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS....THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AROUND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF COLUMBIA. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY AND PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA AROUND 300 PM. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 339 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-280400- /O.CON.KILM.WS.W.0001.140128T1000Z-140129T2300Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER- INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION- WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN... WHITEVILLE...BURGAW...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON... CAROLINA BEACH...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA... SHALLOTTE...OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND... SOUTHPORT...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE... MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH... GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 339 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BE WELL INLAND...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING AT THE COAST. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS FURTHER EAST WHERE MORE MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. THE HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COAST...WHERE AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS FORECAST. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ALONG THE COAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S...FALLING TO THE LOW 20S TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 DEGREES TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED. WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES...AND AS WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS OR TOPPLE WHOLE TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. && $$ JDW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 322 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 GAZ036>038-046>048-052>055-057-280430- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0002.140128T1500Z-140129T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0001.140128T1500Z-140129T1800Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY 322 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM FRANKLIN...TO PEACHTREE CITY...TO LEXINGTON. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND HALF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SLEET WILL MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. LIGHT ICING WILL MAKE SIDEWALKS AND WALKWAYS TREACHEROUS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH VALUES FALLING THROUGH THE 20S IN THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT TUESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE MIDDLE 30S...WITH VALUES FINALLY RISING ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT IS FORECAST 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. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 322 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 GAZ039-049>051-056-058>062-066>076-078>084-089>096-102>107-280430- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0002.140128T1500Z-140129T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0001.140128T1500Z-140129T1800Z/ WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM- HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES- BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION- SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY- CRISP-PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE 322 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO HALF AN INCH. A COUPLE OF HUNDREDTHS OF ICE. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TUESDAY AND COULD LAST THROUGH THE EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT ICING WILL MAKE SIDEWALKS AND WALKWAYS TREACHEROUS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH VALUES FALLING THROUGH THE 30S INTO THE UPPER 20S IN THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT TUESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE MIDDLE 30S..WITH VALUES FINALLY RISING ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT IS FORECAST 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. && $$ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES COMBINED WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING OFF THE COAST WILL BRING WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SNOW... BUT MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST. NCZ008>010-025-040-074-083-280930- /O.NEW.KRAH.WS.W.0001.140128T1700Z-140129T1700Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-CHATHAM-MONTGOMERY-ANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...DURHAM...SILER CITY... PITTSBORO...TROY...BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...WADESBORO...POLKTON 317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WADESBORO TO SILER CITY TO DURHAM TO KERR LAKE. * ACCUMULATION...THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA... WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN 3 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR FOR CONSECUTIVE HOURS WILL QUICKLY COAT ROAD SURFACES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON SUCH MAJOR ARTERIES AS I-95... I-85... HIGHWAY 158... HIGHWAY 70... I-40 AND I-540...HIGHWAYS 64 AND 264... AND HIGHWAY 401. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOWPACK AND ICE ON ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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. && $$
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