Winter Storm Warning
Beginning: 2018-01-16T19:50:00
Ending: 2018-01-18T02:00:00
New Alert
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKEJOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OXFORD, BUTNER, CREEDMOOR, DABNEY, HENDERSON, NORLINA, WISE, AFTON, WARRENTON, LAKE GASTON, ROANOKE RAPIDS, PILOT, INGLESIDE, LOUISBURG, FRANKLINTON, NASHVILLE, AVENTON, RED OAK, SHARPSBURG, SPRING HOPE, ROCKY MOUNT, RALEIGH, CARY, SMITHFIELD, CLAYTON, FLOWERS, SELMA, BENSON, COATS CROSSROADS, NEW HOPE, WILSON, DUNN, ANDERSON CREEK, TIMBERLAKE, DUNCAN, ERWIN, ANGIER, LILLINGTON, LAUREL HILL, LAURINBURG, ANTIOCH, ASHLEY HEIGHTS, RAEFORD, ROCKFISH, SILVER CITY, FAYETTEVILLE, AND FORT BRAGG 250 PM EST TUE JAN 16 2018
..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY…
* WHAT…MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. PLAN ON DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS, POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THE
MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP
TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* WHERE…THE EASTERN PIEDMONT, THE SANDHILLS AND MOST OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
* WHEN…FROM 4 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 8 AM
AND 1 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR NORTH CAROLINA CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT DRIVENC.GOV
