...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...HOLLY SPRINGS... APEX...CARY...RALEIGH...DURHAM...HENDERSON... LOUISBURG... WARRENTON...NASHVILLE AND ROANOKE RAPIDS. * ACCUMULATION...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES PROBABLE OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 4 AM. * MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40... INTERSTATE 95...HIGHWAY 1...HIGHWAY 64...AND HIGHWAY 15...501. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY...AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * OTHER IMPACTS...RESIDUAL SNOW AND ICE ON AREA ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && #ncwx
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:18:50 +0000
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