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01-19-2008, 02:04 PM
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
358 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
...SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST TO OFFSHORE THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION GENERATED BY THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR SURGING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
PRODUCING AREAS OF SNOW ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA.
NCZ007>010-023>026-040-041-076-191800-
/O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0002.080119T1700Z-080120T0500Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-
CHATHAM-WAKE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SANFORD
358 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
FROM THE SOUTH TODAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER
NOON. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WITH
THE HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY FALLING ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1.
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING.
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 30S AND RAPIDLY
FALL BELOW FREEZING AS EVENING APPROACHES. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S BEFORE DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
AFTER INITIALLY MELTING...SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE
ON MOST SURFACES INCLUDING LOCAL ROADS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS
SUNDAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO WARM MUCH ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN
VERY LITTLE MELTING. THIS MEANS SLICK SPOTS ON THE ROADS WILL
REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH SUNDAY AND EVEN INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THIS EVENT. THE EXACT TRACK OF
THE SURFACE LOW...AVAILABLE MOISTURE... AND THE TIMING OF THE
COLDER AIR WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
POTENTIAL. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A SHARP GRADIENT BETWEEN THE
LOWER AND HIGHER AMOUNTS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
358 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
...SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST TO OFFSHORE THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION GENERATED BY THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR SURGING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
PRODUCING AREAS OF SNOW ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA.
NCZ007>010-023>026-040-041-076-191800-
/O.CON.KRAH.WS.W.0002.080119T1700Z-080120T0500Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-
CHATHAM-WAKE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SANFORD
358 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
FROM THE SOUTH TODAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER
NOON. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WITH
THE HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY FALLING ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1.
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING.
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 30S AND RAPIDLY
FALL BELOW FREEZING AS EVENING APPROACHES. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S BEFORE DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
AFTER INITIALLY MELTING...SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE
ON MOST SURFACES INCLUDING LOCAL ROADS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS
SUNDAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO WARM MUCH ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN
VERY LITTLE MELTING. THIS MEANS SLICK SPOTS ON THE ROADS WILL
REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH SUNDAY AND EVEN INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THIS EVENT. THE EXACT TRACK OF
THE SURFACE LOW...AVAILABLE MOISTURE... AND THE TIMING OF THE
COLDER AIR WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
POTENTIAL. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A SHARP GRADIENT BETWEEN THE
LOWER AND HIGHER AMOUNTS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
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