Lee (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1117 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
1117 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
BASIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA LATE TODAY WITH DRAMATICALLY COLDER AIR SURGING INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ON FRIDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON FRIDAY AND THEN MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST ON SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECIFY EXACT AMOUNTS...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH COLD AIR TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER ARE LIKELY TO SEE MAINLY SNOW. FURTHER SOUTH NEAR THE U.S. 64 CORRIDOR...THE PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO BE MORE OF A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INTO THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AN SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE.
TIMING AND DURATION... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA FROM SOUTHWEST FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO FALL FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.
IMPACTS...WHILE DETAILS ARE STILL DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT AT THIS TIME...THERE IS AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED TO ADVERSELY IMPACT TRAVEL AND POTENTIALLY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. AFTER THE PRECIPITATION SETS IN FRIDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BE THINKING ABOUT EMERGENCY SUPPLIES...BEFORE WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARRIVE. STOCK AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY OF FOOD AND WATER PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF A WINTER STORM. ALSO KEEP ON HAND A FLASH LIGHT...BATTERY POWERED RADIO...EXTRA BATTERIES AND A
FIRST AID KIT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME SHOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATE PLANS... AS TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS.
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