FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT HALIFAX...VANCE...WARREN...WILSON... NASH...EDGECOMBE AND FRANKLIN AT 1015 PM EST...AN AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WAS EXPANDING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. WHILE THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS EXPANDED...TEMPERATURES HAVE STEADILY FALLEN...TO AROUND FREEZING AS OF 10 PM OVER THESE AREAS. THE OCCURRENCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FURTHER COOL...INTO THE 28 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE...THROUGH 1 AM. PRECIPITATION RATES RANGING FROM SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS TO AS MUCH AS ONE TENTH OF AN INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL NC TUE EVENING...AND SIMILAR PRECIPITATION RATES WILL TRANSLATE NORTHWARD THROUGH 1 AM. WHILE SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL RUN OFF BEFORE FREEZING...ICE ACCRUAL OF UP TO SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR...PARTICULARLY AND MOST IMPACTFULLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCKY MOUNT...ROANOKE RAPIDS...HENDERSON...TARBORO...NASHVILLE... LOUISBURG...WARRENTON...HALIFAX...WILSON AND SCOTLAND NECK. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN A QUICK COATING OF ICE...WHICH MAY BE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM WET SURFACES. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND AROUND CURVES. ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AND AVOID BRAKING SUDDENLY.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:22:12 +0000
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