Skywatch_NC!! WINTER STORM WARNING for Roanoke Rapids, NC!!

[Anonymous]

Hey Skywatch_NC YOU ARE UNDER A WSW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
313 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2004

...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN AND
SANDHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PIEDMONT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA LATE
TONIGHT... THEN UP THE SOUTHEAST COAST DURING SUNDAY. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY... THEN MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS
INCLUDING FAYETTEVILLE... GOLDSBORO... SMITHFIELD... ROCKY MOUNT...
AND ROANOKE RAPIDS... WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTHWEST. ALL
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND END EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

NCZ011-027-028-042-043-077-085-086-260900-
EDGECOMBE NC-HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-NASH NC-
SCOTLAND NC-WILSON NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURINBURG...LILLINGTON...NASHVILLE...
RAEFORD...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...
TARBORO AND WILSON
313 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2004

...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AND WESTERN SANDHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES
OFF THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST. SNOWFALL RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES
IS LIKELY IN THE ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKY MOUNT...AND WILSON AREAS...
WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SMITHFIELD...LILLINGTON...RAEFORD...AND
LAURINBURG AREAS.

THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARDS SUNRISE TONIGHT...AND THE HEAVIER
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF AROUND MID DAY.

TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA IS LIKELY TO BECOME DANGEROUS BEFORE
SUNRISE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAY BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING.

MOST WINTER RELATED INJURIES RESULT FROM FALLS ON SNOW AND ICE. EVERY
YEAR MANY FALLS ON ICE AND SNOW RESULT IN BROKEN ARMS...
WRISTS AND LEGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$

Enjoy the snow!!!!!

[Lowpressure]

Jeb, check out Wakefield and Fredericksburg. My kids are going to go bananas if this verifies. Currently looks to be 1-2 inches, but need to watch carefully. WSW in Wakefield CWA.

[yoda]

Watch the 0z runs... I expect a further westward shift...

[Skywatch_NC]

Jeb,

I moved to north Raleigh in March...Wake County is under a Winter Weather Advisory for 1-3"!

My sister, brother-in-law and their kids though still live in Roanoke Rapids where 4-6" are forecast!!

I'll take 1-3" as the winter season is still very young!!

Eric

[PTPatrick]

I got stuck in Rocky Mount on my way back from DC in the December storm of 2000 that dumped 15+ in that area. I can remember snow drifts past my knees and almost white outs at times. We didnt even know there was a storm brewing and drove straight into it at night and had to stay in some gross Notel Motel...at any rate, I think rocky mount can handle it

[JQ Public]

Hope we eak out with a nice dumping here in N. raleigh as well. Moved back in for the winter break from school