Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
934 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010
A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT
A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK OFF THE FLORIDA COAST
OVERNIGHT AND OUT TO SEA EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY.
WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-MOORE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...
LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...RALEIGH...SOUTHERN PINES...
SANFORD
934 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK WELL SOUTH OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE ACROSS
OUR AREA. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...THE PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIER TOTALS WILL OCCUR FROM NEAR
SOUTHERN PINES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE
TRIANGLE AREA... AND NORTHEAST TO NEAR ROANOKE RAPIDS.
PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES MAINLY EAST
AND SOUTH OF RALEIGH.
TIMING AND DURATION...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS... THEN DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
IS EXPECTED THROUGH 200 TO 300 AM. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY
DAYBREAK IN THE TRIANGLE AREA...AND AROUND TARBORO BY 9 AM.
IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS...CREATING
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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