WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MARLBORO, DARLINGTON, DILLON, FLORENCE, MARION AND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND SLEET. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET IS INCREASING. SNOW AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED THREE INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTRY MIX MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY LINGER INTO MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S TUESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS AROUND 10 DEGREES. VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED. BRIDGES WILL BE ICY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS AS WINDS GUST TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. BEGIN YOUR PREPARATIONS WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM. THERE MAY BE NO ELECTRICITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME EVEN AFTER THE STORM HAS ENDED SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:10:09 +0000
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