Winter Storm Warning OK to NC
Posted by JAC on 1/29/2010, 8:40 am



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
422 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

NCZ007>011-021>027-038>041-292200-
/O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0001.100129T2300Z-100131T0500Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
NASHVILLE...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH
422 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT.

BASIS...COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP CROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY TODAY...THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT...THEN EAST NORTHEAST
OFF THE CAROLINA COAST LATE SATURDAY.

PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE TRIAD AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
TRIANGLE. PREDOMINATELY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRIAD AND
NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. MOSTLY SNOW WILL
OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL
PLAIN. OVER THE TRIANGLE AREA...THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE
TOTALLY TO SLEET SATURDAY MORNING THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE
SATURDAY OR SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING

TIMING AND DURATION...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE
WARNING AREA FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST FRIDAY EVENING...MAINLY AFTER
8 PM...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY BEFORE
ENDING SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
FALL FROM 4 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 4 PM SATURDAY.

IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AFTER PRECIPITATION BEGINS
LATE FRIDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY.

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.

$$



Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
443 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-300945-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
443 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
EST SATURDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

  WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

  WINTER STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW OR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE.


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