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WWUS42 KRAH 091424
WSWRAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
924 AM EST THU JAN 9 2025
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-100900-
/O.CON.KRAH.WS.A.0001.250110T1800Z-250111T1500Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KITTRELL, CARY, SPRING LAKE,
HILLSBOROUGH, CREEDMOOR, NASHVILLE, ARCHDALE, SOUTHERN PINES,
ABERDEEN, LAURINBURG, WILSON, CAMP MACKALL, WAGRAM, ASHEBORO,
DURHAM, ROSEBORO, HIGH POINT, CARRBORO, RAEFORD, HENDERSON,
NORLINA, ROCKINGHAM, APEX, SILER CITY, PITTSBORO, ROUGEMONT,
CHAPEL HILL, FRANKLINTON, LEXINGTON, DUNN, WADESBORO, ALBEMARLE,
CLINTON, POLKTON, KNIGHTDALE, BUIES CREEK, ROCKY MOUNT, SPRING
HOPE, RALEIGH, TROY, WINSTON-SALEM, FAYETTEVILLE, GREENSBORO,
HOPE MILLS, PRINCEVILLE, SANFORD, ROXBORO, CARTHAGE, OXFORD,
MEBANE, GRAHAM, TARBORO, SELMA, CLAYTON, GOLDSBORO, BURLINGTON,
SCOTLAND NECK, LILLINGTON, LOUISBURG, THOMASVILLE, WAKE FOREST,
PINEHURST, ERWIN, WARRENTON, ENFIELD, ANGIER, SMITHFIELD, ROANOKE
RAPIDS, AND ELLERBE
924 AM EST THU JAN 9 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGE FROM A DUSTING UP TO 3 INCHES, HIGHEST
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-85. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO TWO
TENTHS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT,
SANDHILLS, INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN.
* WHERE...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* WHEN...AS EARLY AS FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND
SPREADING EAST FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD
NORTHWARD FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY INCLUDING TRANSITIONS TO
SLEET, FREEZING RAIN, AND SOME ALL RAIN. CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON
EXACT PRECIPITATION TYPES, WHERE THEY WILL ULTIMATELY DEVELOP, AND
ASSOCIATED TOTALS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER,
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT MINOR TO MODERATE IMPACTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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