Interactive NWS Alert Information

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WWUS42 KRAH 242005
WSWRAH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
305 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING SURFACE LOW AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL CROSS
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM COUPLED WITH AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IN
PLACE WILL LEAD TO THE PRODUCTION OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS A
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
EVENING.


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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...
RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...
SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...
ROCKINGHAM
305 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EXCLUDING THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A
  LITTLE SLEET.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A 0.10 TO 0.15 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS
  THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN
  COASTAL PLAIN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... A HALF TO AN INCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN
  PIEDMONT...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64 WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS
  OCCURRING FROM THE TRIAD TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER.

* SLEET ACCUMULATION...A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS...MAINLY
  ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN
  PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD...REACHING
  THE COASTAL PLAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION
  WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCRUAL WILL LEAD TO SLICK
  ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...CREATING
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
  EVENING RUSH HOUR. EXPOSED OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS
  FENCES...POWER-LINES... AND TREE LIMBS WILL GAIN A THIN COAT OF
  ICE. THIS ICE ACCRETION MAY CAUSE WEAKENED OR DISEASED TREE
  LIMBS TO BREAK OFF. SIDEWALKS AND STEPS LEADING TO BUILDINGS
  WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.

* TEMPERATURES...ONCE THE PRECIPITATION STARTS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
  AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
  THUS...WHAT ACCUMULATES ON THE ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN ON THE
  ROADS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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